Learn About Rhodium, a Rare Platinum Group Metal
· Wollaston dissolved platinum ore in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids) before adding ammonium chloride and iron to obtain palladium. He then found that rhodium could be drawn from the chloride salts that remained. Wollaston applied aqua regia then a reduction process with hydrogen gas to obtain rhodium metal. The remaining metal showed a pink hue and was named after .