cadmium

Summary

cadmium is a chemical element^[1]. cadmium draws 2,269 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 part of period 5^[17].
• cadmium is part of group 12^[18].
• cadmium is used for nickel–cadmium battery^[19].
• cadmium is used for Silver-cadmium battery^[20].
• cadmium is used for electroplating^[21].
• cadmium is used for nuclear poison^[22].
• cadmium is used for quantum dot display^[23].
• cadmium is used for pigment^[24].
• cadmium is used for photodetector^[25].
• cadmium is used for solar cell^[26].
• cadmium is used for helium–cadmium laser^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5] and chalcophile element^[6]. Recorded subclass of include period 5^[14], transition metal^[15], and post-transition metal^[16].

Origins

Cadmus is named after cadmium^[7].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include nickel–cadmium battery^[19], Silver-cadmium battery^[20], electroplating^[21], nuclear poison^[22], quantum dot display^[23], and pigment^[24]. Part of include period 5^[17], a period^[28] and group 12^[18], a group^[29].

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 2,269 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 42 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].