palladium
E596030
Palladium is a rare, lustrous silvery-white transition metal widely used in catalytic converters, electronics, and jewelry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| palladium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6474430 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: palladium Context triple: [William Hyde Wollaston, hasDiscovered, palladium]
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Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element and transition metal known for its hardness, corrosion resistance, and widespread use in alloys and batteries.
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Atombaupreis
The Atombaupreis was a German scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to nuclear physics and atomic research.
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Cobalt
Cobalt is a small historic mining town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, known for its early 20th-century silver boom and significant role in Canadian mining history.
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Plata dulce
Plata dulce is an Argentine film starring Federico Luppi that critiques the speculative financial boom and social climate during the final years of the country’s last military dictatorship.
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Platinum
Platinum is the highest LEED certification level, signifying exceptional performance in sustainable building design, construction, and operation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: palladium Target entity description: Palladium is a rare, lustrous silvery-white transition metal widely used in catalytic converters, electronics, and jewelry.
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A.
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element and transition metal known for its hardness, corrosion resistance, and widespread use in alloys and batteries.
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B.
Atombaupreis
The Atombaupreis was a German scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to nuclear physics and atomic research.
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C.
Cobalt
Cobalt is a small historic mining town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, known for its early 20th-century silver boom and significant role in Canadian mining history.
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D.
Plata dulce
Plata dulce is an Argentine film starring Federico Luppi that critiques the speculative financial boom and social climate during the final years of the country’s last military dictatorship.
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E.
Platinum
Platinum is the highest LEED certification level, signifying exceptional performance in sustainable building design, construction, and operation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemical element
ⓘ
transition metal ⓘ |
| appearance | lustrous silvery-white metal ⓘ |
| atomicNumber | 46 ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | platinum-group metals ⓘ |
| block | d-block ⓘ |
| boilingPointK | 3236 ⓘ |
| CASNumber | 7440-05-3 ⓘ |
| chemicalSymbol | Pd ⓘ |
| crystalStructure | face-centered cubic ⓘ |
| densityAtRoomTemperature | 12.02 g/cm³ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Hyde Wollaston ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1803 ⓘ |
| electronegativityPauling | 2.20 ⓘ |
| elementCategory |
platinum-group metal
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transition metal ⓘ |
| group | 10 ⓘ |
| hasProperty | can absorb large volumes of hydrogen ⓘ |
| isCorrosionResistant | true ⓘ |
| isDuctile | true ⓘ |
| isMalleable | true ⓘ |
| isNobleMetal | true ⓘ |
| isParamagnetic | true ⓘ |
| isPreciousMetal | true ⓘ |
| isRare | true ⓘ |
| majorProducers |
Canada
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| meltingPointK | 1828.05 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Pallas
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asteroid Pallas ⓘ |
| occursIn |
copper ores
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nickel ores ⓘ |
| oxidationStates |
+1
ⓘ
+2 ⓘ +4 ⓘ 0 ⓘ |
| period | 5 ⓘ |
| standardAtomicWeight | 106.42 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
automotive catalytic converters
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catalytic converters ⓘ chemical catalysis ⓘ cross-coupling reactions ⓘ dental alloys ⓘ electronics ⓘ fuel cell electrodes ⓘ hydrogen purification ⓘ hydrogen storage research ⓘ hydrogenation reactions ⓘ jewelry ⓘ multilayer ceramic capacitors ⓘ white gold alloys ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: palladium Description of subject: Palladium is a rare, lustrous silvery-white transition metal widely used in catalytic converters, electronics, and jewelry.
Referenced by (1)
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