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Cd

Cadmium

112.41

Transition Metal
Solid

Discovery

Stromeyer, Prof. Friedrich (1817)

Etymology

Greek/Latin

Meaning

Calamine or cadmean earth

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Hexagonal close-packed

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

321.0 °C

594.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

2212.0 °C

2485.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

8.65 g/cm3

Electronegativity

1.69