Cadmium

1. Cadmium’s Properties
Arturo López Ladrón de Guevara

2. Cadmium’s Properties
• It belongs to the group of the
transition metals, on his
electronic configuration it includes
an orbital d, partially full of
electrons.
• It has a high hardness and his
boiling and merger points are
very high.
• It is a good conductor of
electricity and heat
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3. Cadmium’s Properties
• Natural state: solid
• Aspect: silver gray metallic
• Point of merger: 322,07 °C
• Boiling-point: 768,85 °C

4. Cadmium’s Properties
• It can´t be found on it´s free state
in the nature.
• It is obtained as sub-product of
the melting or refinement of the
minerals of Zinc.