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      amasked with 20 mg tartrate.
        | Sr.
                No. | Alloy | Platinum    (IV)
                taken, μg | Platinum    (IV)
          *Found    by
          method in μg | Average,
                %
                recovery | Average,
                %
                recovery |  
        | 1. | Pt-Pd    a -Rh a          catalyst    on
          alumina | 150 | 149.2 | 99.4 | 0.6 |  
        | 2 | Pt-Rh    a          catalyst    on
          alumina | 150 | 149.5 | 99.6 | 0.4 |  
        | 3 | Pt-Pd    a          catalyst    on
          alumina | 150 | 149.8 | 99.8 | 0.2 |  
        | 4 | Pt
          catalyst    on
          alumina | 300 | 299.5 | 99.8 | 0.2 |  *Average of five determinations
 Composition of synthetic mixtures in percentage
 1. Pt, 0.03-0.25; Rh, 0.005-0.03
 2. Pt, 0.03-0.15; Pd, 0.02-0.12
 3. Pt, 0.03-0.20; Pd, 0.03-0.150; Rh, 0.015-0.05
 4. Pt, 0.3-0.8
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