Confused about Palladium

[Dan Dozer]

I purchase chemicals and supplies from both Bostick and Sullivan and the Photographers Formulary. However, recent price comparisons have revealed chemical name differences that have me confused about the Palladium solution that each place sells. B&S lists theirs as Sodium Chloropalladite and PF lists theirs as Sodium Tetrachloropalladate. My high school chemistry was way too many years ago to know what the difference is (if any). The books I've looked at don't seem to say anything about this, so are these two actually the same thing, or if they are different, what might the performance differences be?

If they are the same, B&S is noticably cheaper.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Not sure what if any difference there is between them, but from an end-user performance perspective, the B&S kit is the bees knees. I get my Palladium and my Platinum from them, and have been nothing but happy with my results.

 

[photomc]

From what I understand they are the same, like many chemicals they have more than one name - I believe that Sodium Tetrachloropalladate is the correct use. Not to imply that the name used by B&S is incorrect, Dick has forgotten more about chemistry than I know. I think the difference is in the structure though, sorry Dan organic chemistry was to many years ago.

 

[Monophoto]

Here's as MSDS that suggests that there are merely aliases for the same chemical.