Metallic vs Platiniridium - What's the difference?
metallic | platiniridium |
A color
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(chemistry, mineralogy) A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between metallic and platiniridium
is that metallic is a color while platiniridium is (chemistry|mineralogy) a natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.As an adjective metallic
is made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.metallic
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Alternative forms
* metallick (obsolete)Derived terms
* intermetallic * metallically * metallicityNoun
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