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Palladium n. : Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

Palladium n. : Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights.

Palladium n. : A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible. It is unique in its power of occluding hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H. It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight, 106.2.

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Taxonomy
palladium, platinum, jewelry, platinum group metals, hydrogen, compounds, metal, elements, gold, palladium leaf, Precious metals, half-life, palladium metal, palladium price, catalysts, silver, palladium hydride, oxidation state.

Defination from the web:
... Ore deposits of palladium and other platinum group metals are rare, and the most extensive deposits have been found in the norite belt of the ... 

synonyms
  (noun) Pd
  (noun) atomic number 46
  (noun) metal
  (noun) metallic element


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