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Wollaston discovered it while on Safari in Rhodesia. He was studying local minerals and came across platinum ore. The baked the platinum ore at the equivalent of gas mark 5 (or 300 kelvin) and then proceeded to dissolve it in a solution of Sodium Potassamide.
Wollaston discovered it while on Safari in Rhodesia. He was studying local minerals and came across platinum ore. The baked the platinum ore at the equivalent of gas mark 5 (or 300 kelvin) and then proceeded to dissolve it in a solution of Sodium Potassamide.
When he added Hypochloric acid to this solution, rhodium was formed as a precipitate (chainging the previously rosy solution into a bright green color.)
When he added Hypochloric acid to this solution, rhodium was formed as a precipitate (changing the previously rosy solution into a bright green color.)
== Properties ==
== Properties ==