palladium
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Summary
palladium is a chemical element[1]. palladium draws 12,079 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #37 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: William Hyde Wollaston[3]
- Named after: Athena[4], Pallas[5], 2 Pallas[6]
- Canonical SMILES: [Pd][7]
- Element symbol: Pd[8]
- Chemical formula: Pd[9]
- Subclass of: platinum group[10], d-block[11]
- Part of: period 5[12], group 10[13], transition metal[14]
- Commons category: Palladium[15]
- Unicode character: 鈀[16]
- Crystal system: face-centered cubic[17]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1803[18]
- Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral[19]
- Space group: space group Fm-3m[20]
- IPA transcription: pəˈleɪdiəm[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Palladium[22]
- Commons gallery: Palladium[23]
- Atomic number: 46[24]
- Mohs' hardness: 4.75[25]
- Electronegativity: 2.2[26]
- Oxidation state: 0[27], 1[28], 2[29], 3[30], 4[31], 5[32]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[33], Otto's encyclopedia[34], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39]
- Has characteristic: paramagnetism[40]
- Different from: Pallad grenade launcher[41], Palladium[42], palladium as an investment[43]
- Density: 11759.0 kilogram per cubic metre[44]
- Electrical conductivity: 9260000.0 siemens per metre[45]
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Influence
Things named for palladium include stibiopalladinite[46], a mineral species[47]; arsenopalladinite[48], a mineral species[49]; plumbopalladinite[50], a mineral species[51]; paolovite[52], a mineral species[53]; stannopalladinite[54], a mineral species[55]; and palarstanide[56], a mineral species[57].
Why It Matters
palladium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] palladium is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for palladium include stibiopalladinite[46], a mineral species[47]; arsenopalladinite[48], a mineral species[49]; plumbopalladinite[50], a mineral species[51]; paolovite[52], a mineral species[53]; stannopalladinite[54], a mineral species[55]; and palarstanide[56], a mineral species[57].