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cadmium
Summary
cadmium is a chemical element[1]. cadmium draws 5,566 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #54 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- cadmium is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Stromeyer[3].
- cadmium is credited with the discovery of Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann[4].
- cadmium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].
- cadmium's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element[6].
- Cadmus is named after cadmium[7].
- cadmium is made of greenockite[8].
- cadmium is made of fly ash[9].
- cadmium is made of zinc ore[10].
- cadmium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Cd][11].
- cadmium's element symbol is recorded as Cd[12].
- cadmium's chemical formula is recorded as Cd[13].
- cadmium is a type of period 5[14].
- cadmium is a type of transition metal[15].
- cadmium is a type of post-transition metal[16].
- cadmium is a type of heavy metal[17].
- cadmium is part of period 5[18].
- cadmium is part of group 12[19].
- cadmium is part of transition metal[20].
- cadmium is used for nickel–cadmium battery[21].
- cadmium is used for Silver-cadmium battery[22].
- cadmium is used for electroplating[23].
- cadmium is used for nuclear poison[24].
- cadmium is used for quantum dot display[25].
- cadmium is used for pigment[26].
- cadmium is used for photodetector[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include chemical element[5] and chalcophile element[6]. Recorded subclass of include period 5[14], transition metal[15], post-transition metal[16], and heavy metal[17].
Origins
Cadmus is named after cadmium[7].
Use and Application
Recorded has use include nickel–cadmium battery[21], Silver-cadmium battery[22], electroplating[23], nuclear poison[24], quantum dot display[25], and pigment[26]. Part of include period 5[18], a period[28]; group 12[19], a group[29]; and transition metal[20].
Influence
Things named for cadmium include cadmoindite[30], a mineral species[31]; cadmoselite[32], a mineral species[33]; and cadmium yellow[34], a color[35].
Why It Matters
cadmium draws 5,566 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #54 of 144).[2] cadmium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] cadmium is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for cadmium include cadmoindite[30], a mineral species[31]; cadmoselite[32], a mineral species[33]; and cadmium yellow[34], a color[35].