Cadmium


 * Element Name:** Cadmium


 * Element Symbol:** Cd


 * Atomic Mass:** 112[[image:Cadmium_Brandon.png width="216" height="288" align="right"]]


 * Atomic Number:** 48


 * Protons:** 48


 * Electrons:** 48


 * Discovery:** It was discovered by Friedrich Stromeyer and Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann in 1817


 * How It Was Named:** It was named from the Latin word cadmia and the Greek word kadmeia.


 * State of Matter:** Solid


 * Melting Point:** 321.07 °C


 * Boiling Point:** 767 °C


 * Characteristics:** It is soft, bluish-white, and it is a metal


 * Uses of Element:** It stabilizes plastic and it is used in batteries


 * Interesting Facts:** It is toxic and it is used to make control rods for nuclear reactors

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