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Palladium

a chemical element, symbol Pd, atomic number 46, atomic weight 106.4.

Palladium (II) hydrous oxide (PdO.nH2O)

a yellow gelatinous precipitate obtained on adding alkali hydroxide to a solution of palladous.

Palladium ammines

an extensive range of palladium (II) complexes; generally 4-coordinate, containing Pd-NH2 (or amine) bonds.

Palladium chloride

PdCI2 or PdCI22H2O, dark-brown, deliquescent powder that decomposes at 501˚C; soluble in water, alcohol, acetone, and hydrochloric acid; used in medicine, analytical chemistry, photographic chemicals, and indelible inks. Also known as palladium bichloride; palladous chloride.

Palladium iodide

PdI2, black powder that decomposes above 100˚C soluble in potassium iodide solution, insoluble in water and alcohol. Also known as palladous iodide.

Palladium nitrate

Pd(NO3)2, brown, water-soluble, deliquescent salt; used as an analytical reagent. Also known as palladous nitrate.

Palladium oxide

PdO, amber or black-green powder that decomposes at 750˚C; soluble in dilute acids; used in chemical synthesis as a reduction catalyst. Also known as palladium monoxide.

Parahydrogen

hydrogen molecules in which the spins of the two constituent nuclei are anti-parallel.

Para-nitrotoluene

NO2C6H4CH3, yellow crystals that melt as 51.7˚C; insoluble in water, soluble in ethanol; used to produce toluidine and to manufacture dyes. Also known as para-methylnitorbenzene.

Parting

the process of separating Aufrom Ag. As the chemical properties of the elements are very different this is an easy matter and methods used in-clude dissolving the Ag in conc. H2SO4 or HNO3 or the preferential reaction of Ag with CI3 to give AgCI.

Passivity

a state of chemical inactivity, especially of a metal that is relatively resistant to corrosion due to loss of chemical activity.

Pasteur effect

yeast and other cells can break down sugar in the presence of oxygen (eventually, to CO2 and H2O) or in its absence (to CO2 and ethanol). The decomposition of sugar is often greater in the absence of oxygen than in its presence, i.e., the Pasteur effect. With oxygen, less toxic products (alcohol) are produced and the breakdown is more efficient in terms of energy production.

Patina

the decorative and corrosion-resistant surface given to bronze, iron, etc., as an oxide film formed on warming the metal.

Pearl ash

potassium carbonate, K2CO3, made from wood ashes.

Pearl hardening

commercial name for a crystallised grade of calcium sulphate; used as a paper filler.

Peat

an early stage in the formation of coal from vegetable matter. It is an accumulation of partly decomposed plant material, and is used as fuel.

Pentafluoride

a chemical compound onto which five fluoride atoms are bonded.

Pentahydrate

refers to a crystalline compound having five molecules of water of crystallisation per molecule of compound.

Perbromic acid

prepared by the oxidation of bromates with xenon difluoride. Very powerful oxidant.

Perchlorates (MCIO4)

these are obtained by electrolytic oxidation of (CIO3) and contain (CIO4) ion. For example, NaCIO4. The perchlorates are strong oxidizing agents in the order CIO4 < BrO4 <BrO4 >IO4

Periodate

a salt of periodic acid, HIO4, for example, potassium periodate, KIO4

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