Gallium palladide (GaPd or PdGa) is an
intermetallic combination of
gallium
Gallium is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Discovered by the French chemist Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875,
elemental gallium is a soft, silvery metal at standard temperature and pressure. ...
and
palladium. It has the
iron monosilicide crystal structure. The compound has been suggested as an improved
catalyst for hydrogenation reactions. In principle, gallium palladide can be a more selective catalyst since unlike substituted compounds, the palladium atoms are spaced out in a regular crystal structure rather than randomly.
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Intermetallics
Palladium compounds
Gallium compounds
Iron monosilicide structure type
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