Description & History
cad·mi·um (1822):
a bluish white malleable ductile toxic bivalent metallic element used especially in protective platings and in bearing metals
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Element
| Symbol | Cd |
| Z | 48 |
| Atomic Weight | 112.410004 |
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| Density | 8.64999962 |
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Edge Energies
(keV)
| K | 26.7110004 |
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| L1 | 4.01800013 |
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| L2 | 3.727 |
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| L3 | 3.53699994 |
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| M | 0.769999981 |
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| K-alpha | 23.1720009 |
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| K-beta | 26.0930004 |
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| L-alpha | 3.1329999 |
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| L-beta | 3.31599998 |
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Edge jumps
| K | 6.50447798 |
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| L1 | 1.15924799 |
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| L2 | 1.40999997 |
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| L3 | 3.24900007 |
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Fluorescence
yield
| K | 0.842999995 |
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| L1 | 0.0179999992 |
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| L2 | 0.769999981 |
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| L3 | 23.1720009 |
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