Chemical Symbol Cd (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Cd element?

The answer is Cadmium, whose symbol is Cd, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Cadmium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Cd (Cadmium)

Uses

Used in nickel-cadmium batteries. Also in electroplating steel and in the manufacture of berings. Its compounds are found in paint pigments and a wide variety of intense colors. Boiling cadmium gives off a weird, yellow-colored vapor that is poisonous.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Description

Soft, malleable, blue-white metal.

Name Origin

Greek: kadmeia (ancient name for calamine (zinc oxide)).

Sources

Obtained as a by product of zinc refining.

Atomic Number

48

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

112,411

Discovery

Discovered By: Fredrich Stromeyer

Year: 1817

Location: Germany

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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