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Cadmium

Cadmium Meaning & Definition
Cadmium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cadmium?

[n] a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cadmium: atomic number 48 | Cd

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cadmium:

See Also | calamine | hemimorphite | metal | metallic element

Cadmium In Webster's Dictionary

\Cad"mi*um\, n. [NL. See {Cadmia}.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. {Cadmium yellow}, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.

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