Cadmium

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Basic Information about CADMIUN ⇐

•Cymbol: Cd

 ﻿ •Atomic Number: 48 •Atomic Mass: 112.41 •Number of protons: 48 •Number of Neutrons: 64 •Number of Electrons: 48
 * Number of Energy Levels || 5 ||
 * First Energy Level || 2 ||
 * Second Energy Level || 8 ||
 * Third Energy Level || 18 ||
 * Fourth Energy Level || <span style="color: #0f1438; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">18 ||
 * <span style="color: #0f1438; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Fifth Energy Level || <span style="color: #0f1438; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2 ||

∗FACTS ⇐ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">

<span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Melting Point: 320.9 °C (594.05 K, 609.62 °F) <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Boiling Point: 765.0 °C (1038.15 K, 1409.0 °F)

<span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Normal Phase: Solid <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Classification: Transition Metal <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Color: Silvery <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Atomic Weight: 112.40

<span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Elctron Configuration: [Kr] 5s24d10 <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Oxidation states: 2 <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">•Cost: $12/lb

<span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">•Name Orgin: From the Greek word kadmeia (ancient name for calamine) and from the Latin word cadmia

<span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">•Uses: Rather like zinc, cadmium is used to a small extent as coatings <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">(often achieved by electroplating) to protect metals such as iron.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Common Uses of Cadmium <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• Batteries - Nickel Cadmium <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• Pigments <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• Coatings and platings <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• Barrier to control nuclear fission <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• Televisions <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• Nickel cadmium batteries <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">•Cadmium Discovery: Fredrich Stromeyer 1817 (Germany)

<span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ •Interesting Facts: Cadmium is used in black and white television phosphors <span style="color: #2c0a33; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">and in blue and green phosphors for colour TV tubes.

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