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CadmiumCd Electron 1 Electron 2 Electron 1 Electron 2 Electron 3 Electron 4 Electron 5 Electron 6 Electron 7 Electron 8 Electron 1 Electron 2 Electron 3 Electron 4 Electron 5 Electron 6 Electron 7 Electron 8 Electron 9 Electron 10 Electron 11 Electron 12 Electron 13 Electron 14 Electron 15 Electron 16 Electron 17 Electron 18 Electron 1 Electron 2 Electron 3 Electron 4 Electron 5 Electron 6 Electron 7 Electron 8 Electron 9 Electron 10 Electron 11 Electron 12 Electron 13 Electron 14 Electron 15 Electron 16 Electron 17 Electron 18 Electron 1 Electron 2

Cadmium is a chemical element with 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. Like zinc, it prefers oxidation state +2 in most of its compounds and like mercury it shows a low melting point compared to transition metals.

48 Atomic Number
112.41 Atomic Mass (u)
594.33 Melting Point (K)
1040 Boiling Point (K)
8.65 Density (solid: g/cm³, gas: g/liter)
1.7 Atomic Radius (Å)
1.44 Covalent Radius (Å)
1.69 Electronegativity
8.99 First Ionization Energy (eV)
-68 Electron Affinity
5 Number of Shells
2, 8, 18, 18, 2 Electron Shell Occupations
0.23 Specific Heat (J/g)