Cadmium, 48Cd
Cadmium
Pronunciation/ˈkædmiəm/ (KAD-mee-əm)
Appearancesilvery bluish-gray metallic
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Cd)
Cadmium in the periodic table
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Zn

Cd

Hg
silvercadmiumindium
Atomic number (Z)48
Groupgroup 12
Periodperiod 5
Block  d-block
Electron configuration[Kr] 4d10 5s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 18, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point594.22 K ​(321.07 °C, ​609.93 °F)
Boiling point1040 K ​(767 °C, ​1413 °F)
Density (at 20° C)8.649 g/cm3[3]
when liquid (at m.p.)7.996 g/cm3
Heat of fusion6.21 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization99.87 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity26.020 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 530 583 654 745 867 1040
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: +2
−2,? +1?
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.69
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 867.8 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 1631.4 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 3616 kJ/mol
Atomic radiusempirical: 151 pm
Covalent radius144±9 pm
Van der Waals radius158 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of cadmium
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structurehexagonal close-packed (hcp) (hP2)
Lattice constants
Hexagonal close packed crystal structure for cadmium
a = 297.89 pm
c = 561.66 pm (at 20 °C)[3]
Thermal expansion30.95×10−6/K (at 20 °C)[3][a]
Thermal conductivity96.6 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity72.7 nΩ⋅m (at 22 °C)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic[4]
Molar magnetic susceptibility−19.8×10−6 cm3/mol[5]
Young's modulus50 GPa
Shear modulus19 GPa
Bulk modulus42 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod2310 m/s (at 20 °C)
Poisson ratio0.30
Mohs hardness2.0
Brinell hardness203–220 MPa
CAS Number7440-43-9
History
Discovery and first isolationKarl Samuel Leberecht Hermann and Friedrich Stromeyer (1817)
Named byFriedrich Stromeyer (1817)
Isotopes of cadmium
Main isotopes[6] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
106Cd 1.25% stable
107Cd synth 6.5 h ε 107Ag
108Cd 0.89% stable
109Cd synth 462.6 d ε 109Ag
110Cd 12.5% stable
111Cd 12.8% stable
112Cd 24.1% stable
113Cd 12.2% 8.04×1015 y β 113In
113mCd synth 14.1 y β 113In
IT 113Cd
114Cd 28.8% stable
115Cd synth 53.46 h β 115In
116Cd 7.51% 2.8×1019 y ββ 116Sn
 Category: Cadmium
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Cd · Cadmium
Ag ←

ibox Ag

iso
48
Cd  [e]
IB-Cd [e]
IBisos [e]
→ In

ibox In

indexes by PT (page)
child table, as reused in {IB-Cd}
Main isotopes of cadmium
Main isotopes[6] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
106Cd 1.25% stable
107Cd synth 6.5 h ε 107Ag
108Cd 0.89% stable
109Cd synth 462.6 d ε 109Ag
110Cd 12.5% stable
111Cd 12.8% stable
112Cd 24.1% stable
113Cd 12.2% 8.04×1015 y β 113In
113mCd synth 14.1 y β 113In
IT 113Cd
114Cd 28.8% stable
115Cd synth 53.46 h β 115In
116Cd 7.51% 2.8×1019 y ββ 116Sn
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Symbol etymology (11 non-trivial)
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Electron configuration (cmt, ref)
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Standard atomic weight
  most stable isotope
Wikidata
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Notes

  1. ^ The thermal expansion is anisotropic: the parameters (at 20 °C) for each crystal axis are αa = 18.91×10−6/K, αc = 55.03×10−6/K, and αaverage = αV/3 = 30.95×10−6/K.[3]

References

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  3. ^ a b c d Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
  4. ^ Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). "Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (PDF) (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5.
  5. ^ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
  6. ^ a b Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.