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1. cadmium
   [n] - a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element
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2. Cadmium
   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
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3. Cadmium
   Cadmium is a white metallic element. It is readily accessible as it occurs in concentrated ores and is easily extracted by heating the oxide with carbon and distilling the metal. Cadmium has been used in applications as diverse as plating, the manufacture of batteries and as a yellow pigment for pai...
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4. Cadmium
   CAS Number: 7440-43-9. A bluish-white, malleable and toxic metallic element used especially in protective platings and in bearing metals. Chemical symbol = Cd. Molecular weight = 112.41 g/mol. .
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5. Cadmium
   Cadmium: A metallic element whose salts are toxic and cause cancer. Cadmium and cadmium compounds were upgraded in 2000 by the US government to the status of 'known human carcinogens.' These materials are used in batteries, coating and plating, plastic and synthetic products and alloys, and have bee...
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6. Cadmium
   Cad'mi·um noun [ New Latin See Cadmia .] (Chemistry) 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 Stromey...
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7. cadmium
   <chemical> An element with atomic symbol cd, atomic number 48, and atomic weight 114. It is a metal and ingestion will lead to cadmium poisoning. ... Chemical name: Cadmium ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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8. cadmium
   Cd noun a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
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9. cadmium
   (Cd) (kad´me-әm) a chemical element, atomic number 48, atomic weight 112.40. Inhalation of cadmium fumes causes pulmonary edema with proliferative interstitial pneumonia and various degrees of lung damage. Cadmium poisoning may occur due to occupational exposure, smoking, and ingestion...
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10. Cadmium
    • (n.) 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 named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.
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11. cadmium
    chemical element, metal of Group IIb, or the zinc group, of the periodic table.[13 related articles]
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12. Cadmium
    Cadmium is a comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a bluish-white metal, both ductile and malleable with the symbol Cd. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. Cadmium is used as the basis of a number of pigments.
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13. cadmium
    (Cd) Type: Term Pronunciation: kad′mē-ŭm Definitions: 1. A metallic element, atomic no. 48, atomic wt. 112.411; its salts are poisonous and little used in medicine but are frequently used in the basic sciences. Various compounds of cadmium are used commercially in metallurgy, ...
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14. cadmium
    cadmium (kăd'mēum) [from cadmia, Lat. for calamine, with which cadmium is found associated], metallic chemical element; symbol Cd; at. no. 48; at. wt. 112.41; m.p. 321°C; b.p. 765°C; sp. gr. 8.65 at 20°C; valence +2. Cadmium is a lustrous, silver-white, ductile, very mall...
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15. cadmium
    Soft, silver-white, ductile, and malleable metallic element, atomic number 48, relative atomic mass 112.40. Cadmium occurs in nature as a sulphide or carbonate in zinc ores. It is a toxic metal that, because of industrial dumping, has become an environmental pollutant. It is used in batteries, electroplating, and as a constituent of alloys used...
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16. cadmium
    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.
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17. Cadmium
    `Cadmium` ( ) is a chemical element with the symbol `Cd` and atomic number 48. This soft, bluish-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. Similar to zinc, it prefers oxidation state +2 in most of its compounds and similar to mercury it shows a l...
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