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Cadmium

Cadmium Details

Cadmium Symbol: Cd

Cadmium Atomic Number: 48

Cadmium Atomic Weight: 112.40

What is Cadmium?
Soft bluish metal belonging to group 12 of the periodic table. Extremely toxic even in low concentrations. Chemically similar to zinc, but lends itself to more complex compounds. Discovered in 1817 by F. Stromeyer.

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