Cadmium

//__ Cadmium﻿ __// ﻿Symbol: cd ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Atommic #: 48 Atomic Mass: 112.411 (rounded would be 111) Melting Point: 594.22 K (321.07°C or 609.93°F) Boiling Point: 1040 K (767°C or 1413°F) Element Classification: Metal Number of Protons/Electrons: 48 Number of Neutrons: 64 media type="custom" key="8517350" width="42" height="42" align="left"

﻿Cadmium is simular to Zinc and Murcury. Cadmium was discovered in 1817 simultaneously by Friedrich Stromeyer and Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann. Friedrich Stromeyer and Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann both lived in Germany.   Cadmium is a silver-white metal.

Cadmium comes from the Latin word cadmia and the Greek word kadmeia, which are ancient names for calamine (zinc carbonite). Cadmium is a poisonous metal and its use is somewhat limited for this reason. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It easily absorbs neutrons and is used to make control rods for nuclear reactors and <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is only one mineral that contains significant amounts of cadmium (greenockite), but it is not common enough to mine profitably. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cadmium is found naturally in small quantities in air, water and soil. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I found this at:** __education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele048.html____﻿__, [|www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/factsheets/cadmium.htm], __www1.teachertube.com/__.