Cadmium
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 ...
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Cadmium
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 ...
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Cadmium
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 pa...
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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 fo...
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Harrison Juma lives on the edge of one of Africa's biggest garbage dumps, and the toxic smoke from burning trash has leeched into his clothes, his hair _ and the 15-year-old's lungs."I don't sleep ...
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