Palladium Foil (Light Tight)

Palladium Foil (Light Tight) is a precision-engineered, high-purity foil designed to block visible and UV light while maintaining the core properties of elemental palladium. It demonstrates outstanding hydrogen permeability, thermal stability, and corrosion resistance, making it essential in advanced gas separation, optoelectronics, and fuel cell technologies. This light-tight variant is used in systems requiring both radiation shielding and hermetic hydrogen control, such as hydrogen isotope separation, photonic enclosures, and light-sensitive fuel reformers. Its thickness—between 5 µm and 2 mm—optimizes hydrogen flux while minimizing catalyst poisoning from impurities. Rolled foil production ensures uniform surface integrity, mechanical strength via work hardening, and compatibility with joining methods like diffusion bonding and vacuum brazing. Scientifically, it supports membrane-based hydrogen purification, enabling near-infinite selectivity due to solution-diffusion mechanisms. This material is pivotal in clean energy innovation, enabling durable, compact, and high-efficiency hydrogen separation systems for PEM fuel cells and semiconductor processing.

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Material Properties for Precious Metals

Atomic Properties

Element	Value
Atomic number	46
Crystal structure	Face centred cubic
Electronic structure	Kr 4d¹⁰
Valences shown	2, 3, 4
Atomic weight( amu )	106.42
Thermal neutron absorption cross-section( Barns )	6
Photo-electric work function( eV )	5
Natural isotope distribution( Mass No./% )	108/ 26.7
Natural isotope distribution( Mass No./% )	110/ 11.8
Natural isotope distribution( Mass No./% )	104/ 11.0
Natural isotope distribution( Mass No./% )	102/ 1.0
Natural isotope distribution( Mass No./% )	105/ 22.2
Natural isotope distribution( Mass No./% )	106/ 27.3
Atomic radius - Goldschmidt( nm )	0.137
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	1/ 8.3
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	2/ 19.4
Ionisation potential( No./eV )	3/ 32.9

Mechanical Properties

Element	Value
Material condition	Soft
Material condition	Hard
Poisson's ratio	0.39
Poisson's ratio	0.39
Bulk modulus( GPa )	187
Bulk modulus( GPa )	187
Tensile modulus( GPa )	121
Tensile modulus( GPa )	121
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² )	40
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² )	100
Tensile strength( MPa )	140-195
Tensile strength( MPa )	325
Yield strength( MPa )	205
Yield strength( MPa )	34.5

Electrical Properties

Element	Value
Electrical resistivity( µOhmcm )	10.8@20@20
Temperature coefficient( K⁻¹ )	0.0042@0-100
Thermal emf against Pt (cold 0C - hot 100C)( mV )	-0.57

Physical Properties

Element	Value
Boiling point( C )	3140
Density( gcm⁻³ )	12@20°C

Thermal Properties

Element	Value
Melting point( C )	1554
Latent heat of evaporation( J g⁻¹ )	3398
Latent heat of fusion( J g⁻¹ )	157
Specific heat( J K⁻¹ kg⁻¹ )	244@25
Thermal conductivity( W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ )	71.8@0-100°C
Coefficient of thermal expansion( x10⁻⁶ K⁻¹ )	11@0-100