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