About The Word Cadmium
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Cadmium
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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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