Period 5 element and because of its rarity, rhodium is usually alloyed with platinum or palladium and applied in high-temperature and corrosion-resistive coatings. White gold is often plated with a thin rhodium layer to improve its optical impression while sterling silver is often rhodium plated for tarnish resistance. Rhodium detectors are used in nuclear reactors to measure the neutron flux level. Palladium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pd and an atomic number of 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named
The White Heather (play) more performances from May 12 to June 25, 1898. The Princess's Theatre revived the play in 1899 with Eily Malyon in the cast for 31 performances. Upon its debut in London, Charles Frohman's London representative William Lestocq immediately acquired the American rights. The play had a successful 184-performance New York run at the Academy of Music from November 22, 1897 through April 30, 1898. It was adapted into a silent film of the same name in 1919. The primary cast included Mrs. John Wood, Henry Neville, Beatrice Lamb, Patti Browne, Kate Rorke, Dawson Milward, and Robert Loraine. The White Heather