cadmium

cadmium
cadmium bluish-white metal, 1822, discovered 1817 by German scientist Friedrich Strohmeyer, coined in Modern Latin from cadmia, a word used by ancient naturalists for various earths and oxides (especially zinc carbonate), from Gk. kadmeia (ge) "Cadmean (earth)," from Kadmos "Cadmus," legendary founder of Boeotian Thebes. So called because the earth was first found in the vicinity of Thebes (Kadmeioi was an alternative name for "Thebams" since the time of Homer).

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  • CADMIUM — Le cadmium est un métal blanc argent, légèrement bleuté. Il est très malléable et ductile. Son abondance dans la lithosphère est estimée à 0,15 g/t, c’est donc un métal relativement rare. Il n’existe pas de minerais de cadmium en quantités… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cadmium — Argent ← Cadmium → Indium Zn …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cadmium — (pronEng|ˈkædmiəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. A relatively abundant (price 3.55 USD/lb as of 2008 02 15), soft, bluish white, transition metal, cadmium is known to cause cancer and occurs with zinc ores.… …   Wikipedia

  • Cadmium — Cad mi*um, n. [NL. See {Cadmia}.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cadmium — (Cadmin ot, Cd., Chem. u. Min.), Metall von 8,69–9,05 specifischem Gewicht; als solches 1818 von Staberoh u. Hermann anerkannt. Es ist ein steter Begleiter des Zinks. Seinen Namen hat es vom griechischen Kadmia, Galmei, worin er als Oxyd, so wie… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Cadmĭum — Cadmĭum, s. Kadmium; C. bromatum, Kadmiumbromid; C. chloratum, Kadmiumchlorid; C. jodatum, Kadmiumjodid; C. oxydatum, Kadmiumoxyd; C. sulfuratum, Kadmiumsulfuret; C. sulfuricum, schwefelsaures Kadmium …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Cadmium — Cadmium, s. Kadmium …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Cadmium — Cadmium, ein sehr biegsames weiches Metall, von 8,64 spec. Gewicht u. von einer Farbe zwischen der des Zinks und Zinns; es wurde im Jahre 1817 zuerst von Hermann zu Schönebek in schlesischem Zinkoxyde, später von Klurke, Strohmeyer, Thomson etc.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • cadmium — CÁDMIUM s.n. v. cadmiu. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • Cadmium — vgl. Kadmium …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • cadmium — Symbol: Cd Atomic number: 48 Atomic weight: 112.40 Soft bluish metal belonging to group 12 of the periodic table. Extremely toxic even in low concentrations. Chemically similar to zinc, but lends itself to more complex compounds. Discovered in… …   Elements of periodic system

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