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Palladium
 General Information: Chemical Formula:Pd or (Pd,Hg) Composition:(Molecular Weight = 106.42 gm)Palladium 100.0 % Pd Empirical Formula: Pd Name Origin:After the asteroid "Pallas" Physical Properties: Cleavage:None Color:white or steel gray. Density:11.3 - 11.8, Average = 11.55 Diaphaniety:Opaque Habits:Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix., , Hardness:4.5-5 Luminescence:Non-fluorescent. Luster:Metallic More details...
Atomic Mass : 106.42 Atomic Number : 46 Name Origins: After the asteroid "Pallas" Year Discovered : 1803 Discovery Credits : Discovered by W. H. Wellaston at London, UK. More Details
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