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Palladium

46 Pd

Palladium

Transition metal period 5 group 10 d-block discovered: 1803

As a chemical element

Properties of the atom — they do not depend on what substance it is part of.

Atomic number
46
Atomic mass
106.42 a.m.u.
Electron configuration
[Kr]4d10
Electronegativity
2.2 on the Pauling scale
Atomic radius
202 pm
Ionization energy
8.337 eV
Electron affinity
0.557 eV
Oxidation states
+3, +2

As a simple substance

Properties of the substance these atoms form under ordinary conditions.

State at 25 °C
Solid
Melting point
1828.05 K (1 554,9 °C)
Boiling point
3236 K (2 962,85 °C)
Density
12.0 g/cm³