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Cadmium, ₄₈Cd

Cadmium
Pronunciation	/ˈkædmiəm/ ​(KAD-mee-əm)
Appearance	silvery bluish-gray metallic
Standard atomic weight Ar, std(Cd)	112.414(4)
Cadmium in the periodic table
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Atomic number (Z)	48
Group	group 12
Period	period 5
Block	d-block
Element category	d-block, alternatively considered a transition metal
Electron configuration	[Kr] 4d10 5s2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 18, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	594.22 K ​(321.07 °C, ​609.93 °F)
Boiling point	1040 K ​(767 °C, ​1413 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	8.65 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	7.996 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	6.21 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	99.87 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	26.020 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 530 583 654 745 867 1040
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	−2, +1, +2 (a mildly basic oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.69
Ionization energies	1st: 867.8 kJ/mol 2nd: 1631.4 kJ/mol 3rd: 3616 kJ/mol
Atomic radius	empirical: 151 pm
Covalent radius	144±9 pm
Van der Waals radius	158 pm
Spectral lines of cadmium
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​hexagonal close-packed (hcp)
Speed of sound thin rod	2310 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	30.8 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	96.6 W/(m·K)
Electrical resistivity	72.7 nΩ·m (at 22 °C)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Magnetic susceptibility	−19.8·10−6 cm3/mol
Young's modulus	50 GPa
Shear modulus	19 GPa
Bulk modulus	42 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.30
Mohs hardness	2.0
Brinell hardness	203–220 MPa
CAS Number	7440-43-9
History
Discovery and first isolation	Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann and Friedrich Stromeyer (1817)
Named by	Friedrich Stromeyer (1817)
Main isotopes of cadmium
Iso­tope Abun­dance Physics:Half-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct 106Cd 1.25% stable 107Cd syn 6.5 h ε 107Ag 108Cd 0.89% stable 109Cd syn 462.6 d ε 109Ag 110Cd 12.47% stable 111Cd 12.80% stable 112Cd 24.11% stable 113Cd 12.23% 7.7×1015 y β− 113In 113mCd syn 14.1 y β− 113In IT 113Cd 114Cd 28.75% stable 115Cd syn 53.46 h β− 115In 116Cd 7.51% 3.1×1019 y β−β− 116Sn

Cd data m.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	321.07	—	—
K	594.22	594.22	0
F	609.93	609.93	0
max precision	2
WD
input	C: 321.07, K: 594.22, F: 609.93
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Cd data b.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	767	—	—
K	1040	1040	0
F	1413	1413	0
max precision	0
WD
input	C: 767, K: 1040, F: 1413
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