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Palladium single crystal 46Pd106.4
Discovered in 1803 by W.H. Wollaston at London, England.
[named after the asteroid Pallas]
French: palladium
German: palladium
Italian: palladio
Spanish: palladio
Description: Palladium is a lustrous, silvery-white, malleable and ductile metal of the so-called platinum group. It resists corrosion, but dissolves in oxidising acids and in molten alkalis. Palladium metal has the unusual ability of allowing hydrogen gas to filter through it. It is mailny used as a catalyst.
| Metal single crystal properties | ||
|---|---|---|
| State: | single crystal | |
| Crystal structure: | fcc | |
| Production method: | Czochralski | |
| Standard size: | diameter 6-12mm thickness 1-2mm |
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| Orientation: | (100), (110) and (111) | |
| Orientation accuracy: | <2°, <1°, <0.5° or <0.1° | |
| Polishing: | as cut, one or two sides polished | |
| Roughness of surface: | <0.03µm | |
| Purity: | 99.999% | |
| Typical analysis (ppm): | Ag < 1 Al < 0.1 As < 0.1 Au 5 C 8 Ca 0.7 Cl < 0.1 Cu 4 Cr 2 Fe 6 In 4 N < 4 |
Na 0.3 Ni < 0.6 O 5.0 P 0.7 Pt < 10 Rh < 10 ppm S 0.5 Si 6 Ta 3 Ti 0.8 W 15 Zr 1 Pd balance |