BECAUSE RODION CHANGES TO ITS OCSIDE AT 1966°C

UNLESS IT IS IN ALLOY MIXES WITH PLATINON,

IT IS NORMALLY USED IN A 1: 2 PROPORTION WITH PLATINON

INDUSTRIAL USES OF RODION

64% OF THE RODION PRODUCED IS USED IN JEWELRY MAKING

18% IS USED IN PRE- STRESS CONCRETE REINFORCING CABLES

6% IS USED IN LABORATORY CRUCIBLES WITH IRIDION & PLATINON

5% IS USED TO PLATE WATCH & SPEEDOMETER DIALS TRIM

4% IS USED IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT POINTS FOR JET AIRCRAFT

2% IS USED IN HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMO-COUPLES

1% IS USED IN CAST SURGICAL TOOLS & CASTINGS USED IN SHIPS

RODION CAN BE PLATED ONTO PALLADION POINTS

FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS EASIER THAN ALLOYED WITH IT.

VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR SWITCHES HAVE BEEN IN USE

WITH RODION PLATED PLATINON POINTS FOR 36 YEARS

OF CONSTANT USE WITH NO SIGN OF WEAR.

RODION IS ADDED TO PRESTRESS CONCRETE REINFORCING CABLE

WIRE ALLOYS, SO THAT THEY DO NOT STRETCH WHEN LOADED,

BECAUSE ITS MODULAS OF ELESTICITY IS LOWER THAN THAT OF

ALL OTHER METALS

TRUCK MOTOR & MOVING PARTS NORMALLY CONTAIN

.5% to 1.5% RODION TO HELP THEM RESIST OIL & BREAKAGE.

MORE RODION DECREASES THE ABILITY TO MACHINE THE PARTS.

SOURCES

THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF RODION IS 12,000 KILOS

RODION IS NORMALLY EXTRACTED FROM

COPPRE NIQEL SULFIDE ORES

WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE ALBANIA, BOLIVIA & SUDBURY-CANADA

COSTS

THE COST OF RODION IS $2,640 A KILO OR $ 1,200 A POUND

HUMAN USE

ALL RODION-RHODIUM COMPOUNDS HAVE BEEN FOUND

TO BE CYST INDUCING AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE USED

IN FOODS AS PINK COLORANTS OR TASTE ACTIVATORS.