e automobile industry for use in catalytic converters, and more platinum will be bought for use in the electronic, glass, and jewelry industries.In summary, platinum is a relatively young element in terms of geological discovery, but is also a very productive element in terms of industry uses. The world owes much to platinum and other platinum-based metals for their effective regulation of hydrocarbon emissions from automobiles in the last 25 years. The explosion of the personal computer industry has also felt the need of platinum within its product lines and has much invested in platinum technologies. Recently, platinum jewelry has also become very popular as a substitute for such precious metals as gold and silver, and demand will certainly increase in this market in the following years. Platinum reserves are steady and do not display any shortage of the valuable metal in the near or distant future. For these reasons and more, platinum will continue to be an important metal in the lives of humans now, and in the future, claiming more market demand and industry use....
