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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2858556, member: 66&quot;]One use for palladium is in ceramic capacitors which are used in some computers., and yes it is electrically conductive.&nbsp; All metals are due to the loosely bound &quot;cloud&quot; of outer shell electrons that can move easily from atom to atom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Palladium is an important industrial metal that is used as a catalyst in many chemical reactions, not just catalytic converters.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As the use of electric cars increases and catalytic converters declines that MAY cause a decrease in value, but the industrial demand will probably increase and keep the price up.&nbsp; There already is more demand than there is supply.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I DON&#039;T like about this is that the legislation, like those of the ASE and AGE required the use of domestically mined metal.&nbsp; The entire annual domestic production is only 258,000 oz.&nbsp; If this coin does become popular it could easily consume the entire domestic production (Which already isn&#039;t enough to satisfy domestic demand.&nbsp; Domestic demand for just catalytic converters is 6 million oz.) So if this coin takes off we will have to buy another 258,000 oz from Russia each year.&nbsp; Palladium is a rare industrial metal, it should not be used for a stupid bullion coin. (personal opinion)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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