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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8298838, member: 115909&quot;]I was thinking if it was used as some sort of shielding or heat protection or something like that. Platinum is notable for having a pretty high melting temperature.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it’s true other metals have even higher melting temperatures I was just hypothesizing that perhaps platinum might have unique features.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically what I’m trying to say is that if you asked someone in 1922 what applications exist for gold &amp; silver they would never be able to imagine being used in computer chips or astronaut visors.</p><p><br /></p><p>They’d probably say they were only good for money, jewelry and ornamentation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Platinum might have a future use that is similar where we just can’t imagine the technology yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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