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 palladium

 Type:  Transition Metal
 * Name: **** Palladium **
 * Symbol: **** Pd **
 * Atomic Number: **** 46 **
 * Atomic Mass: **** 106.42 amu **
 * Date of Discovery: **** 1803 **
 * Discoverer: ****<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> William Wollaston **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Name Origin: ****<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> From the Greek goddess of wisdom (Pallas) and after an asteroid **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Uses: ****<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> jewelry, medical instruments **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Obtained From: **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> platinum, nickel, copper, mercury ores
 * Definition of the Palladium Element **
 * A soft, ductile, steel-white, tarnish-resistant, metallic element occurring naturally with platinum, especially in gold, nickel, and copper ores. Because it can absorb large amounts of hydrogen, it is used as a purification filter for hydrogen and a catalyst in hydrogenation. It is alloyed for use in electric contacts, jewelry, nonmagnetic watch parts, and surgical instruments. The element played an essential role in the Fleischmann-Pons experiment, also known as cold fusion.**

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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Blackadder ITC'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">**Associated Uses of Palladium** Jewelry Nonmagnetic watch parts Surgical instruments Similar to gold, palladium can be beaten into a thin leaf form Telecommunications switching**
 * Electric contacts

<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: BixAntiqueScriptHmkBold; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Palladium is found in Row 5, Group 10 (VIIIB) of the periodic table. The periodic table is a chart that shows how chemical elements are related to each other. Palladium, **ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, indium,** and **platinum** make up the platinum group of metals. These metals are also sometimes called the noble metals. That term reflects the fact that the six elements are not very reactive.

<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: BixAntiqueScriptHmkBold; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Like the other platinum metals, palladium is quite rare. It also has a beautiful shiny finish that does not tarnish easily. These properties make it desirable in making jewelry and art objects. These uses are its most important applications.

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