cadmium
11cadmium — Symbol: Cd Atomic number: 48 Atomic weight: 112.40 Soft bluish metal belonging to group 12 of the periodic table. Extremely toxic even in low concentrations. Chemically similar to zinc, but lends itself to more complex compounds. Discovered in… …
12cadmium — bluish white metal, 1822, discovered 1817 by German scientist Friedrich Strohmeyer, coined in Modern Latin from cadmia, a word used by ancient naturalists for various earths and oxides (especially zinc carbonate), from Gk. kadmeia (ge) Cadmean… …
13cadmium — ► NOUN ▪ a silvery white metallic chemical element resembling zinc. ORIGIN from Latin cadmia calamine , so named because it is found with calamine in zinc ore …
14cadmium — [kad′mē əm] n. [ModL < L cadmia, zinc ore < Gr kadmeia(gē), Cadmean (earth) (so called because found near Thebes, home of CADMUS) + IUM: so named (1817) by F. Strohmeyer (1776 1835), Ger chemist, because frequently found assoc. with zinc] a …
15Cadmium — Eigenschaften …
16cadmium — cadmic, adj. /kad mee euhm/, n. a white, ductile divalent metallic element resembling tin, used in plating and in making certain alloys. Symbol: Cd; at. wt.: 112.41; at. no.: 48; sp. gr. 8.6 at 20°C. [1815 25; < NL, equiv. to L cadm(ia) calamine… …
17Cadmium — Cạd|mi|um 〈n.; s; unz.; chem. 〉 = Kadmium * * * Cạd|mi|um [lat. cadmia = ↑ Galmei (griech. Kadmeía = Burg von Theben); ↑ ium (1)], das; s; Symbol: Cd: chem. Element aus Gruppe 12 des PSE, Protonenzahl 48, AG 112,411; silberglänzendes, weiches,… …
18Cadmium — A metallic element whose salts are toxic and cause cancer. Cadmium and cadmium compounds were upgraded in 2000 by the US government to the status of known human carcinogens. These materials are used in batteries, coating and plating, plastic and… …
19cadmium — A metal found in several compounds: cadmium oxide, cadmium carbonate, cadmium chloride, cadmium sulfate, and cadmium sulfide. In paints, inks, enamels, glazes, and dyes, and permanent pigments (reds, oranges, and yellows) are prepared from… …
20cadmium — n. a soft bluish white metallic element occurring naturally with zinc ores, and used in the manufacture of solders and in electroplating. Usage: Symb.: Cd. Phrases and idioms: cadmium cell Electr. a standard primary cell. cadmium yellow an… …
