Vermont PhotoInkjet Formulary:
Palladium Solution
Rev 03/24/2016

Vermont PhotoInkjet Palladium Solution

  1. Weigh out 3.5 g of sodium chloride (AR Grade), into a 100-150 cc heat-resistant glass beaker.
  2. Add 50 cc of distilled water, and heat to ca. 70°C and stir to dissolve the solid.
  3. Add 5.0 g of powdered palladium(II) chloride (do not inhale the dust!) in small portions while stirring until dissolved. This may take 10 minutes to one hour.
  4. Filter through a Whatman Grade 1 filter paper in a small conical funnel directly into an amber storage bottle.
  5. Label and Date it.

Historical process formulation for Palladium Solution

  1. Weigh out 3.3 g of sodium chloride (AR Grade), into a 100-150 cc heat-resistant glass beaker.
  2. Add 50 cc of distilled water, and heat to ca. 70°C and stir to dissolve the solid.
  3. Add 5.0 g of powdered palladium(II) chloride (do not inhale the dust!) in small portions while stirring until dissolved. This may take 10 minutes to one hour.
  4. Make up the solution to a final volume of 56 cc in a measuring cylinder (US: “graduate”) and filter through a Whatman Grade 1 filter paper in a small conical funnel directly into an amber storage bottle.
  5. Label and Date it.

Traditional Dick Arentz Palladium Solution

  1. Weigh out 3.5 g of sodium chloride (AR Grade), into a 100-150 cc heat-resistant glass beaker.
  2. Add 50 cc of distilled water, and heat to ca. 70°C and stir to dissolve the solid.
  3. Add 5.0 g of powdered palladium(II) chloride (do not inhale the dust!) in small portions while stirring until dissolved. This may take 10 minutes to one hour.
  4. Make up the solution to a final volume of 55 cc in a measuring cylinder (US: “graduate”) and filter through a Whatman Grade 1 filter paper in a small conical funnel directly into an amber storage bottle.
  5. Label and Date it.

Traditional B&S Palladium Solution #3

  1. Weigh out 4 g of sodium chloride (AR Grade), into a 100-150 cc heat-resistant glass beaker.
  2. Add 45 cc of distilled water, and heat to ca. 70°C and stir to dissolve the solid.
  3. Add 4.6 g of powdered palladium(II) chloride (do not inhale the dust!) in small portions while stirring until dissolved. This may take 10 minutes to one hour.
  4. Make up the solution to a final volume of 50 cc in a measuring cylinder (US: “graduate”) and filter through a Whatman Grade 1 filter paper in a small conical funnel directly into an amber storage bottle.
  5. Label and Date it.