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Properties of substance:

cadmium

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

hexagonal metal

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

Cd

Structural formula as text:

Cd

Molar/atomic mass: 112.4

Melting point (°C):

321

Boiling point (°C):

766.5

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

mercury: 3.4 (0°C) [Ref.]
mercury: 6.3 (20°C) [Ref.]
mercury: 32.3 (100°C) [Ref.]
mercury: 108.3 (200°C) [Ref.]
mercury: 733.3 (300°C) [Ref.]
mercury: miscible (322°C) [Ref.]
water: insoluble [Ref.]

Numerical data:

Year of discovery: 1817
Superconducting temperature (K): 0.519
Hardness on the Mohs’ scale: 2

Density:

8.65 (20°C, g/cm3)
8 (321°C, d4)
7.99 (350°C, g/cm3)
7.93 (400°C, g/cm3)
7.72 (600°C, g/cm3)

Half-life:

10048Cd = 49.1 s (β+ (100%))
10148Cd = 1.36 min (β+ (100%))
10248Cd = 5.5 min (β+ (100%))
10348Cd = 7.3 min (β+ (100%))
10448Cd = 57.7 min (β+ (100%))
10548Cd = 55.5 min (β+ (100%))
10648Cd = stable ( (isotopic abundance 1,25%))
10748Cd = 6.50 h (β+ (100%))
10848Cd = stable ( (isotopic abundance 0,89%))
10948Cd = 461.6 d (electron capture (100%))
109m48Cd = 12 μs (internal transition (100%))
109n48Cd = 10.9 μs (internal transition (100%))
11048Cd = stable ( (isotopic abundance 12,49%))
11148Cd = stable ( (isotopic abundance 12,8%))
111m48Cd = 48.50 min (internal transition (100%))
11248Cd = stable ( (isotopic abundance 24,13%))
11348Cd = 8.04 · 1015 y (β- (100%) (isotopic abundance 12,22%))
113m48Cd = 13.89 y (β- (99.9036%), internal transition (0.0964%))
11448Cd = stable ( (isotopic abundance 28,73%))
11548Cd = 53.46 h (β- (100%))
115m48Cd = 44.56 d (β- (about 100%), internal transition)
11648Cd = 28.7 · 1018 y (2β- (100%) (isotopic abundance 7,49%))
11748Cd = 2.49 h (β- (100%))
117m48Cd = 3.36 h (β- (100%))
11848Cd = 50.3 min (β- (100%))
11948Cd = 2.69 min (β- (100%))
119m48Cd = 2.20 min (β- (100%))
12048Cd = 50.80 s (β- (100%))
12148Cd = 13.5 s (β- (100%))
121m48Cd = 8.3 s (β- (100%))
12248Cd = 5.24 s (β- (100%))
12348Cd = 2.10 s (β- (100%))
123m48Cd = 1.82 s ()
12448Cd = 1.25 s (β- (100%))
12548Cd = 680 ms (β- (100%))
125m48Cd = 480 ms (β- (100%))
125n48Cd = 19 μs (internal transition (100%))
12648Cd = 513 ms (β- (100%))
12748Cd = 330 ms (β- (100%), β-n)
127n48Cd = 17.5 μs (internal transition (100%))
12848Cd = 246 ms (β- (100%), β-n)
128m48Cd = 270 ns (internal transition (100%))
128n48Cd = 3.56 μs (internal transition (100%))
128p48Cd = 6.3 ms (internal transition (100%))
12948Cd = 151.5 ms (β- (100%), β-n)
129m48Cd = 147 ms (β- (100%), β-n)
129n48Cd = 3.6 ms (internal transition (100%))
13048Cd = 126.8 ms (β- (100%), β-n (3.5%))
130m48Cd = 240 ns (internal transition (100%))
13148Cd = 98 ms (β- (100%), β-n (3.5%))
13248Cd = 82 ms (β- (100%), β-n (60%))
13348Cd = 61 ms (β- (100%), β-n )
13448Cd = 65 ms (β- (100%), β-n)
9548Cd = 90 ms ()
9648Cd = 880 ms (β+ (100%), β+p (5.5%))
96m48Cd = 300 ms (β+ (100%))
9748Cd = 1.10 s (β+ (100%), β+p (11.8%))
97m48Cd = 3.8 s (β+ (100%), β+p (25%))
9848Cd = 9.2 s (β+ (100%), β+p )
98m48Cd = 189 ns (internal transition (100%))
98n48Cd = 240 ns (internal transition (100%))
9948Cd = 16 s (β+ (100%), β+p (0.21%), β+α)

Vapour pressure (Torr):

0.01 (265°C)
1 (394°C)
10 (488°C)
100 (615°C)

Electrode potential:

Cd2+ + e- → Cd+, E = -1.8 V (water, 25°C)
Cd2+ + 2e- → Cd, E = -0.403 V (water, 25°C)

Viscosity (mPa·s):

1.44 (349°C)
1.27 (466°C)
1.15 (550°C)

Surface tension (mN/m):

597 (400°C)
585 (600°C)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

51.76 (s)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

26.02 (s)

Molar enthalpy (heat) of fusion ΔfusH (kJ/mol):

6.23

Enthalpy (heat) of vaporization ΔvapH (kJ/mol):

99.6

References:

  1. Гурвич Я.А. Справочник молодого аппаратчика-химика. - М.: Химия, 1991. - pp. 50 [Russian]
  2. Рабинович В.А., Хавин З.Я. Краткий химический справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1977. - pp. 66 [Russian]
  3. Справочник по растворимости. - Т.1, Кн.1. - М.-Л.: ИАН СССР, 1961. - pp. 594 [Russian]
  4. Успехи химии. - 1997. - Т.66, №2. - pp. 112 [Russian]
  5. Щербов Д.П., Матвеец В.А. Аналитическая химия кадмия. - М.: Наука, 1973. - pp. 7-23 [Russian]

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