A heavy metal element that accumulates in the environment.
A chemical element and a soft, silvery white metal. Causes severe illness and even death if inhaled. Used in plating and in making alloys.
A soft, blue-white metal. The control rods in the first nuclear power reactor were made of cadmium because it absorbs neutrons.
The MCL for cadmium is 0.01 mg/L. Cadmium poisoning is associated with kidney disease and hypertension and possibly mutations. For freshwater the concentration should be less than 0.0004 mg/L.
A metal found in natural deposits as ores containing other elements. The greatest use of cadmium is primarily for metal plating and coating operations, including transportation equipment, machinery and baking enamels, photography, and television phosphors. It is also used in nickelcadmium and solar batteries and in pigments.
Cadmium is easily absorbed by the body and by the kidneys and liver in particular. Acidification increases the leaching of cadmium into the sea and lakes. In the future, chronic cadmium poisoning is expected to be substantial, primarily as a result of the amounts in artificial fertiliser. Cadmium removes zinc, a necessary metal in the body. As a result of its toxicity, it is important that the use of cadmium ceases completely.
Chemical synbol: Cd. This metallic element is the chemically-active material of the Nickel-cadmium battery's negative electrode. When the battery is charged, the negative electrode surface consists of cadmium. As the battery disharges, the cadmium progressively changes into cadmium hydroxide (CdOH2).
A naturally occurring trace metal that accumulates in the environment, causes corrosion of galvanized pipes, and can be toxic to humans and aquatic life. Phosphate fertilizers are a major source of cadmium input to agricultural soils. Measured in mg/L or ppm. The MCL for cadmium is 0.005 mg/L or ppm. arbazole water-insoluble compound, usually found along with anthracene in coal tar, or synthesized. Used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
A "tansition metal", with the symbol Cd. This metal is relatively rare and is toxic. Widely used in batteries. The use of which is slowly being reduced.
A metallic element highly resistant to corrosion, used as a protective plating on certain parts and fittings.
Used in paints with red, yellow pigments. Stabiliser in PVC. Fungicide. Highly toxic, greatest risk from inhalation of fumes or dust. Persistent in the body. Cadmium is one of a group of chemicals that cannot be added during manufacture if furniture is to be awarded a Good Environmental Choice Australia Ecolabel.
a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
a non essential heavy metal pollutant of the environment, resulting from agricultural practices, mining, and industrial activities
A malleable bluish-white metallic element that occurs in association with zinc ores. Used in electroplating and alloys. Symbol: Cd. Atomic number: 48.
A heavy metal used primarily for metal plating and coating operations, in applications such as transportation equipment, machinery and baking enamels, photography, and television phosphors. It also is used in nickel-cadmium and solar batteries, and in pigments. It also is found in cigarette smoke and is an important hazardous air pollutant.
A metal used in about the shape of a pencil for obtaining voltage of positive or negative plates. It is dipped in the electrolyte but not allowed to come in contact with plates.
(KAD-me-um) A metallic element that occurs naturally in tiny amounts in air, water, soil, and food. It is a byproduct of zinc refining, and is used to make batteries, pigments, plastics, alloys, and electroplate. It is also found in cigarette smoke. Exposure to high levels of cadmium may cause certain cancers and other health problems.
Chemical element (Cd) that belongs to the heavy metals. In battery technology, cadmium, cadmium oxides and cadmium hydroxide are used in the cadmium electrodes found in nickel-cadmium accumulators and in normal elements.
Cadmium is toxic and present at trace levels in a very few groundwater sources. When present it is removed by specialist water treatment processes. 5 µg/l
Metallic element used especially in protective platings and in bearing metals
A "transition metal", with the periodic symbol Cd. This metal is relatively rare and is toxic. It is widely used in batteries, although its use is slowly being phased out.
Cadmium is a trace mineral.
Cadmium is a heavy metal found naturally in soils and rocks. It is soft and has a silvery colour. It is mined and used in some industries to make things such as batteries, some pesticides, and some types of paint.
Cadmium is a heavy metal that comes from both natural and man-made sources. Most exposures to cadmium come from pigments and bakeware, as well as electronic equipment, car parts, batteries, phosphate fertilizer, sludge applications in agriculture and contaminated food. This heavy metal is known to cause lung and prostate cancer, and is toxic to the gastrointestinal tract, the kidneys, and the respiratory, cardiovascular and hormonal systems.
A metal found in natural deposits. It is sometimes found in drinking water due to corrosion of galvanized pipes. Exposure to high levels can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle cramps, salivation, sensory disturbances, liver injury, convulsions, shock and renal failure. A lifetime of exposure can cause kidney, liver, bone and blood damage.
Carcinogen. Respiratory irritant. Causes kidney damage. With experimental animals, cadmium produced damage to the liver and central nervous system and testicular atrophy.
cadmio] a naturally occurring carcinogenic toxic heavy metal usually associated with waste motor oil (produced as a result of use in a motor containing cadmium alloyed metals)
A metallic element whose salts are toxic and cause cancer . See the entire definition of Cadmium
Substance, especially cadmium sulphate, from which reds, oranges, and yellows are extracted for use in paint pigments.
a toxic heavy metal to which the most stringent discharge standards apply; a prescribed red list compound with an environmental quality standard (EQS) of 5 -g/l
Cadmium (IPA: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. A relatively rare, soft, bluish-white, transition metal, cadmium is known to cause cancer and occurs with zinc ores. Cadmium is used largely in batteries.