rhodium
chemical element with symbol Rh and atomic number 45
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Summary
rhodium is a chemical element[1]. rhodium draws 7,914 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #56 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: William Hyde Wollaston[3]
- Instance of: combustible powder[4]
- Named after: rose[5]
- Canonical SMILES: [Rh][6]
- Element symbol: Rh[7]
- Chemical formula: Rh[8]
- Subclass of: period 5[9], platinum group[10], d-block[11]
- Part of: period 5[12], group 9[13], transition metal[14]
- Commons category: Rhodium[15]
- Unicode character: 銠[16]
- Crystal system: face-centered cubic[17]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1803[18]
- Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral[19]
- Space group: space group Fm-3m[20]
- IPA transcription: ˈroʊdiəm[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rhodium[22]
- Commons gallery: Rhodium[23]
- Atomic number: 45[24]
- Mohs' hardness: 6.0[25]
- Electronegativity: 2.28[26]
- Oxidation state: 1[27], 2[28], 3[29], 4[30], 5[31], 6[32], -3[33], -1[34], 0[35], 7[36]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[40], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Has effect: rhodium exposure[43]
- Has characteristic: paramagnetism[44]
- Different from: Rod[45]
Body
Influence
Things named for rhodium include rhodplumsite[46], a mineral species[47] and cuprorhodsite[48], a mineral species[49].
Why It Matters
rhodium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] rhodium is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for rhodium include rhodplumsite[46], a mineral species[47] and cuprorhodsite[48], a mineral species[49].