> Tantalum caps are electrolytic type. The original reference speaks of > multilayer capacitors, those are ceramic. Wikipedia says that indeed > palladium (and silver) were used in early generations of those devices, to be > replaced by nickel and copper later on due to cost pressures.
Duh...for some reason I interpreted the Ebay title to mean that the caps of the ICs had the Palladium! Anyway, yes MLCCs do contain Palladium, but very, very little anymore. -- Will
