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Uses for cadmium poisonous Nickel-cadmium batteries Alloys with low melting points Compounds are toxic By-product for zinc refining Not many coats a lot like zinc
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CadmiumCadmiumby:Matt Hillby:Matt Hill
Properties of cadmiumProperties of cadmium
**Boiling point=765Boiling point=765°° C C**Melting point=320.9Melting point=320.9°° C C**Silvery metal soft enough Silvery metal soft enough
to be easily cut with a to be easily cut with a knifeknife
*density=8.65g/cm³*density=8.65g/cm³
Uses for cadmiumUses for cadmium poisonouspoisonous Nickel-cadmium Nickel-cadmium
batteriesbatteries Alloys with low melting Alloys with low melting
pointspoints Compounds are toxicCompounds are toxic By-product for zinc By-product for zinc
refiningrefining Not many coats a lot Not many coats a lot
like zinclike zinc
Cadmium factsCadmium facts Date of Date of
discovery=1817discovery=1817 Discoverer=Fredrich Discoverer=Fredrich
StromeyerStromeyer Atomic number=48Atomic number=48 Atomic mass=112.41Atomic mass=112.41 Sometimes causes Sometimes causes
birth defects and birth defects and cancercancer
cadmium
Date ofDiscovery
=1817 Discoverer=Fredrich
Stromeyer
AtomicNumber
=48
AtomicMass=112.41
Causescancer
CausesBirth
defects
Nickel-cadmiumbatteries
CompoundsAretoxic
poisonous
Boiling point=765°C
SourcesSourceshttp://chemistry.allinfoabout.com/periodic/periodictable.htmlhttp://chemistry.allinfoabout.com/periodic/periodictable.html
http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/elements/periodic-table/uses.html
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_fla.htm