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
Turkmen Agricultural University Named after S.A. Niyazov near the rector of the university. Turkmen Agricultural University Named after S.A. Niyazov Turkmen Agricultural University Named after S.A. Niyazov () is the largest higher education institution in Turkmenistan. This university only provides studies in the fields of agriculture. It is named after Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's first president. In 1930, the Agricultural Institute was constructed in the capital city of Ashgabat. Until 1998, the institution was named after Mikhail Kalinin. In 1998, was awarded university status, and had a name change. In 2012, the training center CLAAS was opened. The university consists of 16 departments, including the Department of Ruhnama