The Potential of Quasi-Liquid Palladium: Applications and Uses

[sanman]

Apparently Palladium may become a quasi-liquid while absorbing hydrogen:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26046/

What are the possible applications for this? What could usefully be done with Palladium while it assumes this quasi-liquid transitional state?

 

[RTF671]

Does the electrical or thermal conductivity change at all when the metal is altered?

It's interesting to know that the palladium can be shaped and reshaped on the fly. I suppose it could be used in medicine perhaps as supportive structures as splints. In industry it could be used to compress objects made of Pd then 'unpacked' to normal shape for easier transportation.