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Platinum embrittlement

is hydrogen brittlement [a problem with] platinum metals at high temperature.(960 °C)?

Paquin Ludovic
1998

Pt-metals, Au and Ag deposited from aqueous or organic solutions contain H2 which is essentially removed at 400-600 °C. Warning: powders may explode in air.

Alex Kozlov
- New Jersey
1998

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