Platinum Metals Rev., 2004, 48, (2), 63
The Most Commonly Used Platinum Group Metal Salts
The most commercially used pgm salts are generally their chlorides. Their main uses are: chloroplatinic acid – as a precursor for loading platinum onto substrates for heterogeneous catalysts; palladium chloride – for electronic plating; rhodium trichloride – for plating applications and catalyst loading; chloroiridic acid – for plating, especially for anode coatings for chloralkali use; osmium tetroxide – in electron microscopy; and ruthenium trichloride – for plating, especially for anode coatings for chloralkali use. J. E. Gourd
John E. Gourd, is the Commercial Manager – Products, Precious Metal Refining and Products, Johnson Matthey, Royston. U.K. His main professional interests are the supply of precious metal salts and compounds. E-mail: John.Gourd@matthey.com