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Cd


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Cd, 48
cadmium (English)
cadmium, m. (French)
Cadmium, n. (German)
kadmij (Russian)
cadmio??? (Spanish)
kadmium (Swedish)


Symbol, numberCd, 48 (metal), Group: 12; 2B
Weight112.411
In Nature
Discovered1817, by Friedrich Stromeyer (Germany)
Density  [kg/m3]8650 [293 K] (solid)   7996 [594 K] (liquid)   
Molar volume13.00 cm3
Melting Temperature594.1 K   (321.1 °C)   Enthalpy: 99.87 kJ/mol
Boiling Temperature1038 K   (765 °C)   Enthalpy: 6.11 kJ/mol
Electrical resistance6.83E-8 [273 K] Wm
ThermalConductivity: 96.8 [300 K] W/Km     Expansion: 29.8E-6 /K
Ionisation [kJ/mol]
  M-->  M+--> M2+--> M3+--> M4+--> M5+--> M6+--> M7+--> M8+--> M9+-->M10+
Thermodynamics
State Df Df CpH 298.15-H°0
[kJ/mol] [J/Kmol] [kJ/mol]
Isotopes
Mass In nature Half-life Spin m/mN NMM Decay
Cd