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Cadmium Summary
1,349 words, approx. 5 pages
Cadmium Symbol Cd Atomic Number 48 Atomic Mass 112.41 Family Group 12 (Iib) Transition Metal Pronunciation CAD-mee-um Overview Cadmium is a transition metal. The transition metals are the elements found in Rows 4 through 7 between Groups 2 and 13 in...
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Cadmium Summary
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Cadmium is a metal element that has an atomic number of 48, an atomic weight of 112.41, and is denoted by the atomic symbol Cd. It has a silvery-white luster with a bluish cast. It can be cut with a knife, making it one of the softest of the elements....
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Cadmium Summary
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Cadmium is a transition metal, one of the elements found in Rows 4 through 7 between Groups 2 and 13 in the periodic table. Cadmium has an atomic number of 48, an atomic mass of 112.41, and a chemical symbol of Cd. Cadmium is a shiny metal with a...
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Cadmium Summary
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A metallic element that occurs most commonly in nature as the sulfide, CdS. Cadmium has many important industrial applications. It is used to electroplate other metals, in the production of paints and plastics, and in nickel-cadmium batteries. The...
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Cadmium Information
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Cadmium (pronounced /ˈkædmiəm/) is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. A relatively rare, soft, bluish-white, transition metal, cadmium is known to cause cancer and occurs with zinc ores. Cadmium is used largely in batteries...


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Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
Cadmium.(Shorts)
06/01/2004: 352 words, approx. 1 pages
The metal cadmium is known to damage kidneys and have carcinogenic effects. Researchers have recently learned that cadmium also causes estrogen-like responses in laboratory animals. The metal's estrogen-mimicking effects may lead to reproductive disorders and contribute to hormone-related cancers. Mary Beth Martin, a molecular...
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Ceramic Industry
Cadmium in the workplace.
04/01/1996: 737 words, approx. 3 pages
For those in the ceramic industry, lead can be a word that evokes concern. Congressional committees, state legislators, regulators of all sorts seem to spend a considerable amount of time on health and safety issues related to lead. This governmental activity is usually documented...
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AP News
Researcher: Cadmium is threat to oysters
12/28/2006: 400 words, approx. 1 pages
A heavy metal believed to be benign in the state's coastal waters does in fact pose a threat to the health and survival of oysters, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte scientist says.The heavy metal cadmium, combined with warming coastal waters, can kill the...
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AP Features
People near W.Va. DuPont plant seek health testing as waste-site lawsuit enters second phase
10/3/2007: 438 words, approx. 2 pages
People who lived around a DuPont Co. industrial site and massive waste pile face a higher-than-normal risk of disease and should get free diagnostic tests every two years, a West Virginia University physician argued Tuesday at the chemical maker's class-action trial here.Dr. Carl Werntz, a...
 


 

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