1 gram PALLADIUM-containing pellets Pd buillon (~23 pellets)

Description

1 gram PALLADIUM-containing pellets Pd buillon (~23 pellets).
Up for auction starting at 99 cent, no reserve and free shipping (US only) is 1 g of palladium-containing pellets. Guaranteed to have palladium.
About 7 pellets fit in an inch.
Information and history of palladium:
Palladium was first isolated in 1803 by English physicist and chemist William Hyde Wollaston and named after a newly discovered asteroid, Pallas. It is a rare metal and found in ores containing gold, silver, platinum, copper and nickel. The leading producers of palladium mainly mine from nickel and copper ores and include the countries of Russia, United States, South Africa, and Canada.
Palladium is a grayish-white, precious metal that strongly resembles platinum. It is in the platinum group of metals, with the lowest melting point of this group of metals. Palladium is malleable, ductile, and corrosion resistant and does not easily tarnish. Palladium’s chief use is in the automotive industry is as a catalytic converter (often with rhodium) to convert polluting hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide to water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. It can also found in jewelry and surgical instruments. Palladium is used in the manufacture of semiconductors, sensors, dental alloys, circuit components, ceramic capacitors, and data storage. Palladium is also used as a catalyst in chemical reactions involving hydrogen and oxygen, and under certain conditions can absorb up to 900 times its own volume in hydrogen.
**Over the past year, the price per ounce of Palladium has been in the range of ,956-2,890. The price has climbed to record levels in recent months due to shortages in the semi-conductor industry, which has been partly due to palladium shortages, and has contributed to the increase prices for used and new cars and trucks.
Atomic Weight: 106.42
Atomic Number: 46
Color: Silvery/Grayish Metallic
Melting Point: 1,554 Celsius
Density: 12.038 g/ml