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Rh redirects here. For other uses, see rh (disambiguation) {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=99 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=16.1 [day | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=99 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.089, 0.353,
0.528 | pn2= | ps2=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay3 | mn=101nuclear isomer | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=[1 E5 s | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=101 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[Internal conversion | de2=0.157 | pn2=101 | ps2=Rh | dm3=[gamma ray | de3=0.306, 0.545 | pn3= | ps3=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=101 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=[1 E8 s | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=101 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.127, 0.198,
0.325 | pn2= | ps2=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=102nuclear isomer | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=2.9 [year | dm1=ε | de1=- | pn1=102 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.475, 0.631,
0.697, 1.046 | pn2= | ps2=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay4 | mn=102 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=[1 E7 s | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=102 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[Positron emission | de2=0.826, 1.301 | pn2=102 | ps2=[ruthenium | dm3=[Beta decay | de3=1.151 | pn3=102 | ps3=[Palladium | dm4=[gamma ray | de4=0.475, 0.628 | pn4= | ps4=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=105 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=35.36 [hour | dm1=[Beta decay | de1=0.247, 0.260,
0.566 | pn1=105 | ps1=[Palladium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.306, 0.318 | pn2= | ps2=- -->

Rhodium (International Phonetic Alphabet: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Rh and atomic number 45. A rare silvery-white hard transition metal and a member of the platinum group, rhodium is found in platinum ores and is used in alloys with platinum and as a catalyst. It is the most expensive precious metal.http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/preciousmetalpricesindx.html

Notable characteristics Rhodium is a hard silvery white and durable metal that has a high reflectance. Rhodium metal does not normally form an oxide, even when heated. Oxygen is absorbed from the atmosphere at the melting point of rhodium, but on solidification the oxygen is released. Rhodium has both a higher melting point and lower density than platinum. It is not attacked by acids: it is completely insoluble in nitric acid and dissolves slightly in aqua regia. A complete dissolution of rhodium in powder form is only obtained in sulfuric acid.

Applications The primary use of this element is as an alloying agent for hardening platinum and palladium. These alloys are used in furnace windings, bushings for glass fiber production, thermocouple elements, electrodes for aircraft spark plugs, and laboratory crucibles. Other uses include:

History Rhodium (Greek language rhodon meaning "Rose") was discovery of the chemical elements in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, WebElements - The History of Rhodium soon after his discovery of palladium. He made this discovery in England using crude platinum ore that he presumably obtained from South America.

His procedure involved dissolving the ore in aqua regia, neutralizing the acid with sodium hydroxide (sodiumoxygenhydrogen). He then precipitated the platinum by adding ammonium chloride, nitrogenH4chlorine, as ammonium chloroplatinate. The element palladium was removed as palladium cyanide after treating the solution with mercuric cyanide. The material that remained was a red rhodium(III) chloride: rhodium metal was isolated via reduction with hydrogen gas.

Occurrence Normal mining The industrial extraction of rhodium is complex as the metal occurs in ores mixed with other metals such as palladium, silver, platinum, and gold. It is found in platinum ores and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Principal sources of this element are located in South Africa, in river sands of the Ural Mountains, in North and South America and also in the copper-nickel sulfide mining area of the Sudbury, Ontario region. Although the quantity at Sudbury is very small, the large amount of nickel ore processed makes rhodium recovery cost effective. The main exporter of rhodium is South Africa (>80%) followed by Russia. The annual world production of this element is only about 25 tons and there are very few rhodium minerals. It is generally difficult to determine if a rock sample contains platinum group elements. As of October 2007, rhodium cost approximately eight times as much as gold, 450 times as much as silver, and 27,250 times as much as copper by weight. Rhodium's typical historical price is about $1,000/troy oz, http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/45.html but in recent years it has increased to about $6,150/troy oz. KITCO Rhodium Price Charts

As a fission product It is also possible to extract rhodium from used nuclear fuel, which contains rhodium (1 kg of the fission products of 235U contain 13.3 grams of 103Rh. So as a typical used fuel is 3% fission products by weight it will contain about 400 grams of rhodium per ton of used fuel. The longest lived radioisotope of rhodium is 102mRh which has a half life of 2.9 years, while the ground state (102Rh)has a half life of 207 days.

Each kilo of fission rhodium will contain 6.62 ng of 102Rh and 3.68 ng of 102mRh. As 102Rh decays by beta decay to either 102Ru (80%) (some Positron emission will occur) or 102Pd (20%) (some gamma ray photons with about 500 keV are generated) and the excited state decays by beta decay (electron capture) to 102Ru (some gamma ray photons with about 1 MeV are generated). If the fission occurs in an instant then 13.3 grams of rhodium will contain 67.1 MBq (1.81 mCi) of 102Rh and 10.8 MBq (291 μCi) of 102mRh. As it is normal to allow used nuclear fuel to stand for about five years before reprocessing, much of this activity will decay away leaving 4.7 MBq of 102Rh and 5.0 MBq of 102mRh. If the rhodium metal was then left for 20 years after fission then the 13.3 grams of rhodium metal would contain 1.3 kBq of 102Rh and 500 kBq of 102mRh. At first glance the rhodium might be adding to the resource value of reprocessed fission waste, but the cost of the separation of the rhodium from the other metals needs to be considered.

while rhodium is the least radioactive

Isotopes Naturally occurring rhodium is composed of only one isotope, 103Rh. The most stable radioisotopes are 101Rh with a half-life of 3.3 years, 102Rh with a half-life of 207 days, 102mRh with a half-life of 2.9 years, and 99Rh with a half-life of 16.1 days. Twenty other radioisotopes have been characterized with atomic weights ranging from 92.926 atomic mass unit (93Rh) to 116.925 u (117Rh). Most of these have half-lifes that are less than an hour except 100Rh (half-life: 20.8 hours) and 105Rh (half-life: 35.36 hours). There are also numerous meta states with the most stable being 102mRh (0.141 MeV) with a half-life of about 207 days and 101mRh (0.157 MeV) with a half-life of 4.34 days. See isotopes of rhodium.

The primary decay mode before the only stable isotope, 103Rh, is electron capture and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay product before 103Rh is ruthenium and the primary product after is palladium.

Precautions Rhodium metal is, as a noble metal, inert.

However, when rhodium is chemically bound, it is reactive. Rhodium compounds are not often encountered by most people and should be considered to be highly toxic and carcinogenic. Lethal intake (LD50) for rats is 12.6 mg/kg of rhodium chloride (RhCl3). Rhodium compounds can stain human skin very strongly. The element plays no biological role in humans. However, if used plainly, without compounds, the metal is harmless.

Symbolic uses Rhodium has been used for honours, or to symbolize wealth, when more commonly used metals such as silver, gold, or platinum are deemed insufficient. In 1979 the Guinness Book of World Records gave Paul McCartney a rhodium-plated disc for being history's all-time best-selling songwriter and recording artist. Guinness has also noted items such as the world's "Most Expensive Pen" or "Most Expensive Board Game" as containing rhodium.

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Rh redirects here. For other uses, see rh (disambiguation) {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=99 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=16.1 [day | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=99 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.089, 0.353,
0.528 | pn2= | ps2=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay3 | mn=101nuclear isomer | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=[1 E5 s | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=101 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[Internal conversion | de2=0.157 | pn2=101 | ps2=Rh | dm3=[gamma ray | de3=0.306, 0.545 | pn3= | ps3=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=101 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=[1 E8 s | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=101 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.127, 0.198,
0.325 | pn2= | ps2=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=102nuclear isomer | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=2.9 [year | dm1=ε | de1=- | pn1=102 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.475, 0.631,
0.697, 1.046 | pn2= | ps2=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay4 | mn=102 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=[1 E7 s | dm1=[electron capture | de1=- | pn1=102 | ps1=[ruthenium | dm2=[Positron emission | de2=0.826, 1.301 | pn2=102 | ps2=[ruthenium | dm3=[Beta decay | de3=1.151 | pn3=102 | ps3=[Palladium | dm4=[gamma ray | de4=0.475, 0.628 | pn4= | ps4=- --> {{Elementbox_isotopes_decay2 | mn=105 | sym=Rh| na=[synthetic radioisotope | hl=35.36 [hour | dm1=[Beta decay | de1=0.247, 0.260,
0.566 | pn1=105 | ps1=[Palladium | dm2=[gamma ray | de2=0.306, 0.318 | pn2= | ps2=- -->

Rhodium (International Phonetic Alphabet: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Rh and atomic number 45. A rare silvery-white hard transition metal and a member of the platinum group, rhodium is found in platinum ores and is used in alloys with platinum and as a catalyst. It is the most expensive precious metal.http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/preciousmetalpricesindx.html

Notable characteristics Rhodium is a hard silvery white and durable metal that has a high reflectance. Rhodium metal does not normally form an oxide, even when heated. Oxygen is absorbed from the atmosphere at the melting point of rhodium, but on solidification the oxygen is released. Rhodium has both a higher melting point and lower density than platinum. It is not attacked by acids: it is completely insoluble in nitric acid and dissolves slightly in aqua regia. A complete dissolution of rhodium in powder form is only obtained in sulfuric acid.

Applications The primary use of this element is as an alloying agent for hardening platinum and palladium. These alloys are used in furnace windings, bushings for glass fiber production, thermocouple elements, electrodes for aircraft spark plugs, and laboratory crucibles. Other uses include:

History Rhodium (Greek language rhodon meaning "Rose") was discovery of the chemical elements in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, WebElements - The History of Rhodium soon after his discovery of palladium. He made this discovery in England using crude platinum ore that he presumably obtained from South America.

His procedure involved dissolving the ore in aqua regia, neutralizing the acid with sodium hydroxide (sodiumoxygenhydrogen). He then precipitated the platinum by adding ammonium chloride, nitrogenH4chlorine, as ammonium chloroplatinate. The element palladium was removed as palladium cyanide after treating the solution with mercuric cyanide. The material that remained was a red rhodium(III) chloride: rhodium metal was isolated via reduction with hydrogen gas.

Occurrence Normal mining The industrial extraction of rhodium is complex as the metal occurs in ores mixed with other metals such as palladium, silver, platinum, and gold. It is found in platinum ores and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Principal sources of this element are located in South Africa, in river sands of the Ural Mountains, in North and South America and also in the copper-nickel sulfide mining area of the Sudbury, Ontario region. Although the quantity at Sudbury is very small, the large amount of nickel ore processed makes rhodium recovery cost effective. The main exporter of rhodium is South Africa (>80%) followed by Russia. The annual world production of this element is only about 25 tons and there are very few rhodium minerals. It is generally difficult to determine if a rock sample contains platinum group elements. As of October 2007, rhodium cost approximately eight times as much as gold, 450 times as much as silver, and 27,250 times as much as copper by weight. Rhodium's typical historical price is about $1,000/troy oz, http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/45.html but in recent years it has increased to about $6,150/troy oz. KITCO Rhodium Price Charts

As a fission product It is also possible to extract rhodium from used nuclear fuel, which contains rhodium (1 kg of the fission products of 235U contain 13.3 grams of 103Rh. So as a typical used fuel is 3% fission products by weight it will contain about 400 grams of rhodium per ton of used fuel. The longest lived radioisotope of rhodium is 102mRh which has a half life of 2.9 years, while the ground state (102Rh)has a half life of 207 days.

Each kilo of fission rhodium will contain 6.62 ng of 102Rh and 3.68 ng of 102mRh. As 102Rh decays by beta decay to either 102Ru (80%) (some Positron emission will occur) or 102Pd (20%) (some gamma ray photons with about 500 keV are generated) and the excited state decays by beta decay (electron capture) to 102Ru (some gamma ray photons with about 1 MeV are generated). If the fission occurs in an instant then 13.3 grams of rhodium will contain 67.1 MBq (1.81 mCi) of 102Rh and 10.8 MBq (291 μCi) of 102mRh. As it is normal to allow used nuclear fuel to stand for about five years before reprocessing, much of this activity will decay away leaving 4.7 MBq of 102Rh and 5.0 MBq of 102mRh. If the rhodium metal was then left for 20 years after fission then the 13.3 grams of rhodium metal would contain 1.3 kBq of 102Rh and 500 kBq of 102mRh. At first glance the rhodium might be adding to the resource value of reprocessed fission waste, but the cost of the separation of the rhodium from the other metals needs to be considered.

while rhodium is the least radioactive

Isotopes Naturally occurring rhodium is composed of only one isotope, 103Rh. The most stable radioisotopes are 101Rh with a half-life of 3.3 years, 102Rh with a half-life of 207 days, 102mRh with a half-life of 2.9 years, and 99Rh with a half-life of 16.1 days. Twenty other radioisotopes have been characterized with atomic weights ranging from 92.926 atomic mass unit (93Rh) to 116.925 u (117Rh). Most of these have half-lifes that are less than an hour except 100Rh (half-life: 20.8 hours) and 105Rh (half-life: 35.36 hours). There are also numerous meta states with the most stable being 102mRh (0.141 MeV) with a half-life of about 207 days and 101mRh (0.157 MeV) with a half-life of 4.34 days. See isotopes of rhodium.

The primary decay mode before the only stable isotope, 103Rh, is electron capture and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay product before 103Rh is ruthenium and the primary product after is palladium.

Precautions Rhodium metal is, as a noble metal, inert.

However, when rhodium is chemically bound, it is reactive. Rhodium compounds are not often encountered by most people and should be considered to be highly toxic and carcinogenic. Lethal intake (LD50) for rats is 12.6 mg/kg of rhodium chloride (RhCl3). Rhodium compounds can stain human skin very strongly. The element plays no biological role in humans. However, if used plainly, without compounds, the metal is harmless.

Symbolic uses Rhodium has been used for honours, or to symbolize wealth, when more commonly used metals such as silver, gold, or platinum are deemed insufficient. In 1979 the Guinness Book of World Records gave Paul McCartney a rhodium-plated disc for being history's all-time best-selling songwriter and recording artist. Guinness has also noted items such as the world's "Most Expensive Pen" or "Most Expensive Board Game" as containing rhodium.

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