Transition metal · element 46
Palladium
Makes reactions happen. Takes none of the credit.
Only 0.5% of people are Palladium. (estimated)
If you're Palladium
You are the catalyst. Things happen faster and cleaner when you're in the room, and you come out of it exactly as you went in.
Palladium absorbs 900 times its own volume of hydrogen, and it cleans the exhaust of most petrol cars.
How to get along with Palladium
Do
- Give them things to speed up; they love a reaction.
- Thank them for outcomes they made possible and didn't own.
- Let them stay unchanged by the drama.
Don't
- Don't ask them to be the product; they're the catalyst.
- Don't overload them with your hydrogen.
When it goes wrong: They absorb a lot before anything shows. When it shows, they've been full for a while.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 2
- Sociability
- 6
- Stability
- 10
- Energy
- 3
- Rarity
- 8
- Warmth
- 6
Palladium in literature
- Mr. Bingley — Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (1813)
- Meg March — Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (1868)
- Dr. Aronnax — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne (1870)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Palladium's. If you got Palladium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other transition metals
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