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- 1.1.5.1 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.1.5.2 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.04-10 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
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- I/A.04-40 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
General Cadmium Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Cd | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 112.41 gm | ||
| 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. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 64702 | ||
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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 DipyramidalH-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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Crystal Structure:
Mouse |
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Physical Properties of Cadmium |
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| Color: |
Tin white. | ||
| Density: |
8.6 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Opaque | ||
| Hardness: |
1-2 - Between Talc and Gypsum | ||
| Luster: |
Metallic | ||
Optical Properties of Cadmium |
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| RL Color: |
Tin white with bluish tint. | ||
Calculated Properties of Cadmium |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=7.39 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.2503 Boson Index = 0.7497 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PECadmium = 282.10 barns/electron |
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| 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: |
1.1.5.2 (1)Native Elements | ||
| (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (1.1.5)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/A.04-40 I - Elements | ||
| I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides | |||
| I/A.04 - Zinc-Cadmium series | |||
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 - Applied Mineralogy 3 -Athena 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Cadmium using: Visit our Advertisers for Cadmium : Translate Cadmium Mineral Data : Ask about Cadmium here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Cadmium Specimen Label here :
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