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
Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko (former Voronezh State Medical Academy) is located in Voronezh, Russia. Since foundation year it has prepared above 40,000 medical specialists, including foreign specialists from 28 countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. where the Academy is placed in the top 3 higher medical Academy of Russia It is one of the oldest educational institutions of Russia. Its history goes back to 1802, the date of Dorpat University which is 1918 moved to voronezh. In December 1930 the medical faculty of voronezh university became