
Cadmium
Cadmium is a natural element in the earth's crust. It is usually found as a mineral combined with other elements such as oxygen (cadmium oxide), chlorine (cadmium chloride), or sulfur (cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulfide). All soils and rocks, including coal and mineral fertilizers, contain some cadmium. Most cadmium used in the United States is extracted during the production of other metals like zinc, lead, and copper. Cadmium does not corrode easily and has many uses, including batteries, pigments, metal coatings, and plastics. — Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- IUPAC name
- cadmium
- Molecular formula
- Cd
- Molecular weight
- 112.41 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 113.903365 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 0
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:22977
- ChEBI:CHEBI:37249
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID1023940
- PubMed:41247323
- PubMed:40914447
- PubMed:40874705
- PubMed:40850461
- PubMed:40659077
- PubMed:40571181
- PubMed:40562089
- PubMed:40505819
- PubMed:40414543
- PubMed:40398541
- PubMed:40393628
- PubMed:40345518
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