Palladium - THE NASTIEST METAL ON EARTH!

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Hi everyone! In this video you will learn about such a metal as palladium and also about why it has disappointed me so much. In the periodic table of chemical elements palladium belongs to group 10 and is located right below nickel and is one of the platinum group of precious metals.
Since palladium is quite lowly active, pure form of this metal naturally occurs in platinum nuggets. However, such instances are quite rare that is why it is usually extracted as a byproduct from copper-nickel ores which are found in South Africa and Canada. Nowadays Russia is the largest producer of pure palladium, production of which takes place in the city of Norilsk.

[Atmix]

My professor once swapped out Pd/C for Pt/C in the middle of a pressurized gas-phase hydrogenation experiment, to see if it'd be more reactive. Created a decent explosion, closed down the lab for the day. So yes, Pt is indeed more reactive, I suppose.

[tagirguseinov]

I'm from Norilsk, and to get palladium, thousands of people, including my father, are allowed to work in the mines outside the city. after that, all this is taken by train to the factories. the company producing this is called Norilsk Nickel. P.S. sorry for the errors... in the translator translated)))

[darylcheshire]

When I was a kid, we had coal gas and I was mystified by this magic wand used to ignite the coal gas stove. It didn’t work when converted to natural gas. When I later learned chemistry, I suspected this wand had a small sample of platinum or palladium which ignited the hydrogen in the coal gas.

[hamsteerio]

Tavarish, you are the first english speaking with a russian accent youtuber i have found to be so informative and interesting with no language limitations

[ichaukan]

I worked a retail gig over the last few years. When a product was supposedly expensive and random customers would ask me if it was "made of gold", I'd tell them "No, it's made of palladium"
Nobody laughed, and it was one small reason I decided to leave shopkeeping.

[davesmith]

Russia is number one exporter of palladium, all other countries have inferior palladium...

[GorgeGeorg]

Palladium's most unique property is as a hydrogen purifier. Heated to 400C, a Palladium membrane (tube) allows ONLY Hydrogen atoms to pass through it. Hydrogen as a molecule is 'broken' into separate atoms at the Palladium surface, and the single Hydrogen atom can pass through the Palladium membrane to recombine into H2 on the other side. In this case, the purest gas (hydrogen) of any type of gas can be formed. Every single impurity is removed. Eventually, the world will rely on Hydrogen as its main fuel source (oil as a combustible source being eliminated). We'll have electric cars but aircraft and rockets will use Hydrogen (by itself or as a mixture) for its fuel source. Palladium as a metal investment will dwarf gold and platinum.

[SeldomPooper]

"Hey, Tony. Before you go. Palladium in chest, painful way to die"

[j.macjordan]

I had my Wedding ring made entirely of Palladium; it was indeed the nastiest marriage... I haven't checked spot in a long time; it was cheaper than gold when I got it...good to hear the price is up.

[Tubesmaney]

Your videos are well done and very interesting. I never had any interesting in Chemistry, but these videos bring it alive! Keep up the great work!

[ActiveAtom]

I used to buy palladium in coins because they were cheaper then when I was buying platinum, so what happened? I never checked the price until you made this video, I did good buying what was in the 1980's called poor mans platinum palladium used in catalytic converter well now who is the poor man? Thank you for making me aware of this change I never check to see what things are worth unless I was selling them. Back to my science lesson that is what I come her for we trust this man and he educates us well through easy awareness learning. Thanks to you again for the videos.

[kdbwb]

This video was in my Youtube recommended page...

The reason why palladium (and to a larger degree, platinum) is very nasty, is because it bonds with hydrocarbons, and signals this bonding by a change capacitance.

The catalytic convertor in your car has lots of palladium in it, binds with hydrocarbons, and removes them from the exhaust of your engine. A good thing, brought about by the bad nature of palladium. It is the primary industrial use of this metal.

Come on folks, this video is serious about palladium, and is a major trade material from Russia, like many other materials.

Another interesting one is Berylium. Only available, in large quantities, in Australia and Russia. It’s alloyed with Iron and Titanium to create space age steels.

[wheresmyoldaccount]

The nastiest metal on earth: Clearly this was going to be a video about the element polonium. But speaking about polonium is banned in Russia.

[mi.hennaarts]

i laughed when He said "and why it has dissappointed me so much"

[akshatsharma]

Hey! I got a palladium sword which does 47 damage, it'll kill you green slimes in a second!

[freedem]

While paladium was once used a lot in white gold, as the price increased it was made with nickel that was much cheaper. The result had a different luster and was more brittle few folks noticed.

[Li.Siyuan]

In what way is Palladium 'The nastiest metal on Earth"? Did I miss something?

[BothHands]

Did you salt out your dissolved palladium? Maybe reduce it to metal powder and heat it back to a nice palladium ball?

[MarthaRoseMoore]

Thank you so much for this great video! I'm fascinated by metal-based science. You obviously know the subject well, which is refreshing. Also, your enthusiasm for and even your adorable disappointment in palladium is infectious. Well done!!

[matthewhistand]

I was expecting a really sick metal song by a band called Palladium...