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.
Palladium is a metal with low toxicity. It is
poorly absorbed by human body
when digested.
USES-
The
largest use of palladium today is in catalytic
converters.
Palladium
is also used in jewelry, dentistry, watch making, blood sugar test strips, and
aircraft spark plugs and in the production of surgical instruments and electrical contacts.
Palladium
is also used to make professional transverse flutes.
Palladium compounds are used as a catalyst in many coupling
reactions, usually as a homogeneous catalyst.
The
second-biggest application of palladium in electronics is in the manufacture of multilayer ceramic capacitors
Palladium
is used in small amount (about 0.5%) some alloys of dental
amalgam in order to decrease corrosion and increase the metallic luster
of the final restoration.
Jewelry
Palladium has been used as a precious
metal in jewelry as an alternative to platinum for making white gold. This use
resulted from the naturally white color of palladium.
Photography
With
the platinotype
printing process photographers make fine-art black-and-white prints using
platinum or palladium salts. etc
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