Rhodium - white gold.

Rhodium is a chemical element with the  symbol Rh & atmoic number 45.
 It is a rare, silvery-white, hard, corrosion-resistant, and chemically inert transition metal
it is  noble metal and a member of the plantinum group. It has only one naturally occurring isotope103Rh. 
Naturally occurring rhodium is usually found as free metal, as an alloy with similar metals, and rarely as a chemical compound in minerals such as bowieite and rhodplumsite. It is one of the rarest and most valuable precious metals. .

It was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston in one such ore, and named for the rose color of one of its chlorine compounds.

The first major application was electroplating for decorative uses and as corrosion-resistant coating.
It is very costly having prize 18000 per gram.
Gold - 3000/gram . Means 6 Times greater than gold.


Source : Wikipedia.
Rhodium.




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