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General Palladium Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Pd,Pt

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 107.44 gm

Iron 2.60 % Fe

Palladium 79.24 % Pd

Platinum 18.16 % Pt

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100.00 %

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Pd0.8Pt0.1Fe0+0.05

Help on Environment: Environment:

As an oxidation product of palladium-bearing suflides and as a primary phase in platinum deposits.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1803

Help on Locality: Locality:

Itabria, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

After the asteroid "Pallas"

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Palladium + Pronunciation Say PALLADIUM

Help on Synonym: Synonym:

ICSD 64922

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Palladium Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 3.8824, Z = 4; V = 58.52 Den(Calc)= 12.19

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 2.246(1), 1.945(0.42), 1.376(0.25),

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| | Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.7-83, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Cubic closest packed, ccp, structure View Additional jPOWD Structure files for Palladium [1] | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |

Physical Properties of Palladium

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

None

Help on Color: Color:

White, Steel gray.

Help on Density: Density:

11.3 - 11.8, Average = 11.55

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Help on Fracture: Fracture:

Elastic - Fragments which spring back after bending.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

4.5-5 - Near Apatite

Help on Luminescence: Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Help on Luster: Luster:

Metallic

Help on Magnetism: Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Optical Properties of Palladium

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Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Palladium in Air

λ R ∑ R(λ)
400 nm 60.60
420 nm 62.00
440 nm 63.40
460 nm 64.60
480 nm 65.60
500 nm 66.40
520 nm 67.20
540 nm 67.80
560 nm 68.30
580 nm 68.90
600 nm 69.50
620 nm 70.20
640 nm 70.90
660 nm 71.70
680 nm 72.50
700 nm 73.40

Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Palladium in Air

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Calculated Properties of Palladium

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=10.4 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Palladium =12.2 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.23
Boson Index = 0.77

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEPalladium = 470.20 barns/electron
U=PEPalladium x rElectron Density=4,897.50 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Palladium is Not Radioactive

Palladium Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

01.02.01.04 (01)Native Elements

(01.02)with platinum group metals and alloys

(01.02.01)Platinum group (Space Group Fm3m)

01.02.01.01 Platinum Pt F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.02.01.02 Iridium (Ir,Os,Ru,Pt) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.02.01.03 Rhodium (Rh,Pt) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.02.01.04 Palladium Pd,Pt F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

01.AF.10 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys

01.AF -Platinum-group elements

01.AF.10 Palladium Pd,Pt F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.AF.10 Iridium (Ir,Os,Ru,Pt) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.AF.10 Rhodium (Rh,Pt) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

01.AF.10 Platinum Pt F m3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Palladium Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( Emsley91) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Palladium :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Palladium

Pd,Pt
Dana No: 01.02.01.04 Strunz No: 01.AF.10
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