Brigit Andersson
Fun Facts: Palladium was named after the greek goddess of wisdom, Pallas
Palladium is used jewelry and medical instruments
At room temperature palladium can absorb up to 900 times it's
own volume of hydrogen
Atomic number=46
Atomic mass=106.42
Group=8B
Period=5
Symbol=Pd
Family name=Transition Metal
Palladium is a steel white metal, at room temperature it is a liquid, and it is soft and ductile. At it's standard stage it is a solid, and shiny.
Discovery & Isolation: Palladium was discovered by William Hyde Wollaston in 1803. He discovered it in crude platinum ore in South Africa. He did this by dissolving the ore and mixing it with hydrochloric and nitric acids, this made platinum and then by mixing the platinum with ammonium chloride, it made palladium.
This is William Hyde Wollaston
This is palladium's atomic structure
This is a palladium ring