Why chemists can't quit palladium - Nature.com

A retracted paper highlights chemistry’s history of trying to avoid the expensive, toxic — but necessary — catalyst.

Its hard to find a place on Earth untouched by palladium. The silvery-white metal is a key part of catalytic converters in the worlds 1.4 billion cars, which spew specks of palladium into the atmosph… [+16958 chars]

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