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Platinum Sputtering Targets and Applications

Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78. Platinum is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal.
Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of elements. Platinum is one of the least reactive metals. It has remarkable resistance to corrosion, even at high temperatures, and is therefore considered a noble metal.
Platinum sputtering target is used in catalytic converters, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts and electrodes, platinum resistance thermometers, dentistry equipment, and jewelry.
Apart from platinium's decorative value as a corrosion-resistant, platinum sputtering target is useful in thermometers, electrodes and catalysts. Thin platinum films have long been used as thermocouple elements in the aeronautical research field, as well as resistance thermometers and strain gauges. In the biomedical applications ultra-thin platinum films can be used as conductive biocompatible material, and can be used in coronary artery stents, auditory prostheses, and pace-maker electrodes.
These properties of platinum make it a good chemical that can be worked on. For example NASA has an article about the usage of platinum thin films for high temperature sensor applications. According to NASA , the studies were carried out by depositing films in a resistive strain gauge pattern and making measurements of the resistance with an ohmmeter, since an application of the platinum films in NASA’s thin film sensor research would be as a resistive-based sensor.
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