46 Pd
Transition metal
Palladium
Used in catalytic converters.
Properties of Palladium
- Atomic number (Z)
- 46
- Symbol
- Pd
- Atomic mass
- 106.42 g/mol
- Category
- Transition metal
- Group
- 10
- Period
- 5
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d¹⁰
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 2.2
- Atomic radius
- 169 pm
- First ionization energy
- 804 kJ/mol
- Melting point
- 1828.05 K (1554.9 °C)
- Boiling point
- 3236 K (2962.8 °C)
- Density
- 12.02 g/cm³
- Phase at 25 °C
- Solid
- Discovered
- Discovered in 1803