Palladium
Transition Metal
Palladium (Pd) is a chemical element with atomic number 46, classified as a transition metal. At room temperature it is a solid. It was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston.
Properties
- Atomic number
- 46
- Atomic mass
- 106.42 u
- Category
- Transition Metal
- Group
- 10
- Period
- 5
- Block
- d-block
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d¹⁰
- Phase at STP
- Solid
- Density
- 12.02 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1828.05 K (1554.9 °C)
- Boiling point
- 3236 K (2962.8 °C)
- Electronegativity
- 2.2
- Atomic radius
- 169 pm
- Ionization energy
- 8.337 eV
- Discovery
- 1803 · William Hyde Wollaston
Common uses
Catalytic converters, jewelry, dentistry, electronics
Did you know?
Can absorb 900 times its volume in hydrogen gas.
Experiment with the elements
Palladium doesn't form any compounds in our lab yet, but the periodic table sandbox lets you combine dozens of other real elements into real compounds — water, table salt, ammonia and many more — with their true chemical formulas.