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From the Greek goddess of wisdom (Pallas) was discovered in 1803 by William Wollaston. As a member of the platinum family palladium is used extensively in the jewelry industry as a premium white metal for diamond settings. It is also used as an alloy metal for medical instruments. Palladium is obtained primarily from the mining of platinum, nickel and copper ores. It remains bright and is resistant to oxidation under normal conditions but will forms oxides when exposed to sulfur contaminated environments |
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melting temperature |
2825.6 degrees F |
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finish appearance |
warm bright gray/white |
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typical plating thickness |
0.5 microns - 1.27 microns |
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plating hardness |
medium hard - resists incidental abrasions, |
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corrosion resistance |
medium to high |
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spot cost per troy oz. |
ranges from $285-$450 |
If you have an decorative item that you would like to have plated with palladium, please go to the pricing page. We have provided a price estimate on our most frequently plated items based on a .25 micron plated thickness. Of course the pricing estimates serve only as a guide. We will be happy to provide you with firm pricing after we have examined the actual piece.
engineering applications
For engineering and medical applications, we offer palladium plated finishes that complies with MIL-P-45209B.
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plating thickness - palladium |
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microinches |
microns |
inches |
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50.0 |
1.27 |
.000050 |
If you are interested in learning more detail about the electroplating process, we invite you to visit our faqs page located on this web site.