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Platinum group (Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Os, Ir)
Six extremely rare metals that clean your car exhaust and turbocharge industrial chemistry, but which are also the focus of a violent power struggle in South Africa. Presenter Laurence Knight heads to Johnson Matthey, a...
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Platinum group (Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Os, Ir) is an episode from Elements by BBC. Six extremely rare metals that clean your car exhaust and turbocharge industrial chemistry, but which are also the focus of a violent power struggle in South Africa...
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Published Sep 7, 2016, 30:00 long, audio available.
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