Pd
Palladium
Z = 46 · Transition Metal · 106.4 u
Nuclear Engineering Significance
Fission product in the mass ~105-110 range. Pd-107 (t₁/₂ = 6.5 million y) is a long-lived fission product relevant to geological repository assessments. Palladium precipitates form as metallic inclusions in high-burnup fuel.
Basic properties
- Atomic number (Z)
- 46
- Standard atomic mass
- 106.4 u
- Category
- Transition Metal
Isotopes & cross-section data
No nuclide data for this element in the reference database.
The NRDP database focuses on nuclides relevant to reactor physics. For full isotope data, see NNDC NuDat 3.