Palladium | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 08/12/2018

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Palladium


00:01:42 1 Characteristics
00:02:58 1.1 Isotopes
00:04:47 2 Compounds
00:05:11 2.1 Palladium(II)
00:06:05 2.2 Palladium(0)
00:06:17 2.3 Other oxidation states
00:07:51 3 History
00:08:36 4 Occurrence
00:11:51 5 Applications
00:13:27 5.1 Catalysis
00:14:17 5.2 Electronics
00:15:58 5.3 Technology
00:16:36 5.4 Hydrogen storage
00:17:07 5.5 Dentistry
00:17:58 5.6 Jewelry
00:18:18 5.7 Photography
00:20:33 6 Toxicity
00:20:54 7 Precautions
00:21:31 8 See also
00:22:48 9 References



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SUMMARY
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Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by 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. Palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium form a group of elements referred to as the platinum group metals (PGMs). These have similar chemical properties, but palladium has the lowest melting point and is the least dense of them.
More than half the supply of palladium and its congener platinum is used in catalytic converters, which convert as much as 90% of the harmful gases in automobile exhaust (hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide) into less noxious substances (nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapor). Palladium is also used in electronics, dentistry, medicine, hydrogen purification, chemical applications, groundwater treatment, and jewelry. Palladium is a key component of fuel cells, which react hydrogen with oxygen to produce electricity, heat, and water.
Ore deposits of palladium and other PGMs are rare. The most extensive deposits have been found in the norite belt of the Bushveld Igneous Complex covering the Transvaal Basin in South Africa; the Stillwater Complex in Montana, United States; the Sudbury Basin and Thunder Bay District of Ontario, Canada; and the Norilsk Complex in Russia. Recycling is also a source, mostly from scrapped catalytic converters. The numerous applications and limited supply sources result in considerable investment interest.