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Palladium

Palladium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1802 by the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas (formally 2 Pallas), which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired by her when she slew Pallas.…

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100Pd
synth
102Pd
1.02%
103Pd
synth
104Pd
11.1%
105Pd
22.3%
106Pd
27.3%

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Palladium

Nodes247
Edges246
Triples242
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008097
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related to Occurrence · 29
Palladium → Africa, As, Australia, Bushveld Igneous Complex South, Canada, Ethiopia, For, Lac, Many, Merensky Reef, Montana, Norilsk, Norilsk Nickel, North, Ontario, Pd, Roby, Russia, Russia's, Siberia
related to Palladium as investment · 16
Palladium → Canada-based, Global, May, More, Norilsk Nickel, Over, Russia's, Russian, South Africa, Soviet, The, US, USD, When, XPD, XPDUSD
related to history · 14
Palladium → After, April, August, Chenevix, Copley Medal, He, II, July, Pallas, Richard Chenevix, Soho, South America, William Hyde Wollaston, Wollaston
related to Exchange-traded products · 13
Palladium → ETF, ETFS Physical Palladium Shares, Euronext, It, London Stock Exchange, LSE, Milan, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, PALL, PHPD, WisdomTree Physical Palladium, Xetra Trading System
related to Other oxidation states · 11
Palladium → Although Pd, CO, II, III, IV, Mixed, Na2PdCl6, OAc, Pd, Pd4, VI
related to Precautions · 9
Palladium → Although, Between, For, It, Like, Pd, People, Some, The
related to External links · 8
Palladium → Current, Encyclopædia Britannica, Historical Palladium Price, Nottingham, The Periodic Table, University, Videos, Vol
related to Palladium(0) · 8
Palladium → Another, For, Pd2, PdCl2, PdL2, PdL3, PdL4, PPh3
related to Palladium(II) · 8
Palladium → II, It, One, PdCl2, PdCl2L2, PhCN, Solutions, The
related to Toxicity · 7
Palladium → GSH, High, LD50, Mitochondria, Plants, Recent, Until

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Palladium100Pdsynth1.00infobox
Palladium102Pd1.02%1.00infobox
Palladium103Pdsynth1.00infobox
Palladium104Pd11.1%1.00infobox
Palladium105Pd22.3%1.00infobox
Palladium106Pd27.3%1.00infobox
Palladium107Pdtrace1.00infobox
Palladium108Pd26.5%1.00infobox
Palladium110Pd11.7%1.00infobox
PalladiumAppearancesilvery white1.00infobox
Palladiumat T (K)17211.00infobox
PalladiumAtomic number (Z)461.00infobox
PalladiumAtomic radiusempirical: 137 pm1.00infobox
PalladiumBlockd-block1.00infobox
PalladiumBoiling point3236 K ​(2963 °C, ​5365 °F)1.00infobox
PalladiumBrinell hardness320–610 MPa1.00infobox
PalladiumBulk modulus180 GPa1.00infobox
PalladiumCAS Number7440-05-31.00infobox
PalladiumCovalent radius139±6 pm1.00infobox
PalladiumCrystal structure​face-centered cubic (fcc) (cF4)1.00infobox
PalladiumDensity (at 20° C)12.007 g/cm31.00infobox
PalladiumDiscovery and first isolationWilliam Hyde Wollaston (1802)1.00infobox
PalladiumElectrical resistivity105.4 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
PalladiumElectron configuration[Kr] 4d101.00infobox
PalladiumElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.201.00infobox
PalladiumElectrons per shell2, 8, 18, 181.00infobox
PalladiumGroupgroup 101.00infobox
PalladiumHeat of fusion16.74 kJ/mol1.00infobox
PalladiumHeat of vaporization358 kJ/mol1.00infobox
PalladiumIonization energies1st: 804.4 kJ/mol1.00infobox

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