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ESTABLISHED 1973

Cadmium (Cd)

Cadmium is a lustrous, silver-white, ductile, very malleable metal. Its surface has a bluish tinge and the metal is soft enough to be cut with a knife, but it tarnishes in air, and has both high electrical and thermal conductivity

Cadmium is used to a small extent as coatings (electroplating) to protect metals such as iron. The metal is a component of some specialist alloys including solders and alloys with low coefficients of friction and good fatigue resistance. Cadmium is a component of Ni-Cd batteries. Cadmium is used in some control rods and shields within nuclear reactors. Also Cadmium metal and cadmium compounds are used as pigments, stabilizers.

Melting Point	320.9 oC
Boiling Point	765 oC
Density	8.65g/cm3
Thermal Conductivity 0-100 oC	0.22cal/(s.cm. oC)
Specific Heat @ 20oC	0.055cal/g
Heat Of Fusion	13.2k-cal/g
Mohs Hardness @ 20oC	2.0

Uses

This material is available in the following forms
Sticks, flakes, balls

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