Cadmium

Properties

Atomic Number	48
CAS Registry Number	7440-43-9
Chemical Symbol	Cd

History

The atomic number is 48 and the chemical symbol is Cd. The name derives from the Greek kadmeia for calamine (zinc carbonate) with which it was found as an impurity in nature. Kadmeia was also the name of the fortress of Thebes a city in the Boeottia region of central Greece. The fortress was named after its founder Cadmus who was the son of the Phoenician king Agenor and brother of Europ and would be a possible source for the name of the ore. The element was discovered and first isolated by the German physician Friedrich Stromeyer in 1817.

Holden, Norman E., (2004). History of the origin of the chemical elements and their discoverers. National Nuclear Data Center. Retrieved from http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/content/elements.html

Elements

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Cadmium

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