An Overview of Cadmium (850 words, 3 pages)
CadmiumCadmium (Cd) is a metallic element that is closely related to Zinc, with which it is frequently associated. It was discovered in 1817, by Friedrich Strohmeyer in a sample of zinc carbonate, making yellow zinc oxide thought to contain arsenic. Cadmium got its name from the Latin cadmia, meaning calamine, ...
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