Iron County Record | 1924-03-07 | Page 2 | Platinum Substitutes

Platinum Substitutes Substitute The great greot Increase In n the value of platinum during the the- last lust two decades has hits led lell many Investigators to seek sub substitutes It appears that the s search tins lies been partly successful clad Platinum nickel steel wire In In Incandescent In candescent t lo lumps lamps wires s of ot nl nickel kel al- al loys are are arenow now making the cheaper grades S o of of artificial teeth eth asbestos threads are are now naw taking the place place- of platinum wires In gas mantles and fused quartz quarts wore ware has hns come Into gen gen- general eral erat use I In chemical laboratories In n the tha t e place pf pt platinum utensils Yet the tha j Introduction of ot these thes substitutes has not affected the price of platinum The demand demond for Jor the metal seems steadily to tu h lle In spite of them York New New York World I It I t