The relation between Pd particle size and hydrogen solubility in Pd/SiO2 was quantitatively studied by means of several techniques such as TPR, hydrogen TPD, TRS, TEM and H-2 chemisorption. When correlating solubility, defined as H(b)/Pd(t), with dispersion, two zones were observed: one for high dispersion values having a H(b)/Pd(t) ratio of 0.36 and the other having higher values, for lower dispersions. The hydrogen solubility in bulk Pd (H(b)/Pd(b)) has a constant value of 0.7 for dispersions up to 80%; for very small metal particles this value increases up to 6.