Rhodium

Rhodium: uses

The following uses for rhodium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).

• alloying agent to harden platinum and palladium. Such alloys are used for furnace windings, thermocouple elements, bushings for glass fibre production, electrodes for aircraft spark plugs, and laboratory crucibles
• used as an electrical contact material as it has a low electrical resistance, a low and stable contact resistance, and is highly resistant to corrosion
• plated rhodium produced by electroplating or evaporation is exceptionally hard and is used for optical instruments
• used for jewellery
• industrial catalyst
• rhodium is used as part of the catalytic system in car catalytic converters, used to clean up exhaust gases to some extent

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