Platinum Metals Review - Volume 21, Issue 2, 1977

Platinum, palladium and iridium coatings have been electrodeposited on a variety of substrates from molten cyanides and the techniques, which are described in this paper, have also been used to electroform platinum and iridium crucibles. While the platinum and palladium electrolytes were prepared and used in vessels open to the atmosphere the molten iridium cyanide baths were kept under argon.

The unique properties of palladium enable it to be used, either alone or more generally alloyed with silver, for hydrogen diffusion membranes. Recently palladium alloys containing rare earth metals have been described and some of them show considerable promise for this purpose.

The symposium which took place at the Wadley Institutes of Molecular Medicine in Dallas, Texas, embraced a wide range of scientific disciplines from platinum metal chemistry through to clinical practice and was attended by over one hundred and fifty delegates of equally diverse backgrounds. The first two days of the meeting were largely concerned with the more fundamental aspects of platinum compounds and their biological activity, while the final day was devoted to reports of clinical efficacy and protocols.