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Cadmium Mineral Data
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General Cadmium Information
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Chemical Formula: |
Cd |
Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 112.41 gm |
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Cadmium 100.00 % Cd |
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100.00 % |
Empirical Formula: |
Cd |
Environment: |
Found in the heavy, non-magnetic fraction of a mechanical concentrate from a gabbro intrusive. |
IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1979 |
Locality: |
From the Ust'-Khannin intrusive, Vilyui River basin, eastern Siberian platform. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
Name Origin: |
From the Greek for "calamine," as the element occurs in slags resulting from smelting smithsonite (formerly calamine) ore. |
Name Pronunciation: |
Cadmium |
Synonym: |
ICSD 64702 |
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PDF 5-674 |
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Cadmium Crystallography
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Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:1.88553 |
Cell Dimensions: |
a = 2.979, c = 5.617, Z = 2; V = 43.17 Den(Calc)= 8.65 |
Crystal System: |
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mmc |
X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.331(1), 2.55(0.4), 2.79(0.3), |
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Physical Properties of Cadmium
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Color: |
Tin white. |
Density: |
8.6 |
Diaphaneity: |
Opaque |
Hardness: |
1-2 - Between Talc and Gypsum |
Luster: |
Metallic |
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Optical Properties of Cadmium
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RL Color: |
Tin white with bluish tint. |
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Calculated Properties of Cadmium
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Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=7.39 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Cadmium =8.65 gm/cc. |
Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.25 Boson Index = 0.75 |
Photoelectric: |
PECadmium = 282.10 barns/electron U=PECadmium x rElectron Density=2,083.95 barns/cc. |
Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Cadmium is Not Radioactive |
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Cadmium Classification
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Dana Class: |
01.01.05.02 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group |
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(01.01.05)Dana Group |
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01.01.05.01 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.01.05.02 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
Strunz Class: |
01.AB.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
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01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys |
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01.AB -Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys) |
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01.AB.05 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.AB.05 Rhenium* Re P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.AB.05 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.AB.05 Titanium* Ti P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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Other Cadmium Information
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References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) |
See Also: |
Links to other databases for Cadmium :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST
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Dana No: 01.01.05.02 Strunz No: 01.AB.05
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