Palladium

Palladium: uses

The following uses for palladium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).

• finely divided palladium is a good catalyst for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions
• alloyed for use in jewellery. White gold is an alloy of gold decolourixed by the addition of palladium
• can be beaten into leaf as thin as 1/250000 inch
• dentistry (crowns)
• used in fine instruments such as watches and some surgical instruments
• used to make electrical contacts
• used to purify hydrogen gas

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