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| ID | 12 |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Pd |
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| Name | Palladium |
| Density (g/cm<sup>3</sup>) | 12.02 |
| Atomic Number | 46 |
| Molecular Weight | 106.42 |
| Melting Point (K) | 1828.05 |
| Boiling Point (K) | 3236 |
| Specific Heat Capacity (J/kg K) | 240 |
| Electro Negativity | 2.2 |
| Curie temperature (K) | |
| Bohr Magneton (J/T) | |
| Magnetization Saturation (MA m<sup>-1</sup>) | |
| Crystal Structure | ​Face-centered cubic (fcc) |
| Appearance | Silvery white |
| Element category | Transition metal |
| Magnetic ordering | Paramagnetic |
| Discovery | William Hyde Wollaston (1803) |
| General Information | Palladium is a chemical element with the symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired by her when she slew Pallas. |
| Image source | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Palladium.jpg/260px-Palladium.jpg |
| General informations source | https://www.britannica.com/science/palladium-chemical-element |