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Record 1 - external organization data 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Geochemistry
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Universal entry(ies)
Pd
symbol
7440-05-3
CAS number
DEF

A soft, ductile, silvery-white or steel-white metallic element in group VIII of the periodic system.

OBS

The least dense and lowest melting of the platinum-group metals.

OBS

palladium: term adopted by Environment Canada; used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Géochimie
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pd
symbol
7440-05-3
CAS number
DEF

Métal blanc, léger et malléable [...] appartenant au groupe du platine.

OBS

Il est le moins dense [...] et le plus fusible [...] de tous les platineux.

OBS

Élément de numéro atomique 46; masse atomique 106,7; symbole Pd.

OBS

palladium : terme retenu par Environnement Canada; utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).

Spanish

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