Elements / 48
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Cadmium
Transition metal · d-block · ring O · spoke 12
Cadmium is element 48, a transition metal. It sits on ring O (period 5) on spoke 12. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 8.65 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 594 K · 321 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 1,040 K · 767 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 1.69 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 868 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 112.414 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 0.15 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1817 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Arsenal cancelled a sale of seats from its old Highbury stadium when they were found to contain trace amounts of it.
- Found in 1817 as an impurity in zinc carbonate; it gives painters brilliant yellows, oranges and reds, and pairs with nickel in batteries.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 12
Ring O (period 5)
Play with Cadmium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.