Palladium Palladium Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 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 after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired by her when she slew Pallas. Palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium form a group of elements referred to as the platinum group metals (PGMs). These have similar chemical properties, but palladium has the lowest melting point and is the least dense of them. More than half the supply of palladium
Ernest Element had an orchestral leaders job, but refused several tempting offers in order to concentrate on chamber music. Who could blame him? After all, the repertoire is incomparable." Robert Simpson wrote: All musicians who worked with Ernest Element agree that he was a great artist... But most of all I remember what this man showed me without effort – the supreme value of selflessness in art. This is what made him great". Ernest Element Ernest Element was a British musician. Ernest Element was born on 5 January 1909 in Wolverhampton and educated at Ocker Hill School, Dudley. He studied at Birmingham