Cadmium Mineral Data

General Cadmium Information

Chemical Formula:

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 112.41 gm

Cadmium 100.00 % Cd

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

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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Cadmium Crystallography

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

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.331(1), 2.55(0.4), 2.79(0.3),

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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.7-83, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Hexagonal closest packed, hcp, structure

Physical Properties of Cadmium

Color:

Tin white.

Density:

8.6

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Hardness:

1-2 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Cadmium

RL Color:

Tin white with bluish tint.

Calculated Properties of Cadmium

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:

PE_Cadmium= 282.10 barns/electron
U=PE_Cadmium x rElectron Density=2,083.95 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Cadmium is Not Radioactive

Cadmium Classification

Dana Class:

01.01.05.02 (01)Native Elements

(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group

(01.01.05)Dana Group

01.01.05.01 Zinc Zn P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

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)

01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys

01.AB -Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys)

01.AB.05 Cadmium Cd P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Rhenium* Re P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Zinc Zn P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Titanium* Ti P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Other Cadmium Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)

See Also:

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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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