Cadmium Cannot Be Used In Acadmium

     

                                                                         Cadmium

    Discovered by: Friedrich Stromeyer, a German chemist

   Co-discoverer: Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann (independently)

   Place of discovery: Germany

   Name origin: Derived from the Latin word "cadmia",  derived from the Greek word "kadmeia", with the      region of Thebes (Cadmea) in Greece.

 

 

Cadmium In Nature

Applications Of Cadmium

Batteries

Paint: Cadmium Yellow

                                                           Cadmium: Highly Toxic

The toxic nature of cadmium was not well understood until the 20th century.By the 1950s, it was linked to Itai-Itai disease in Japan, caused by cadmium contamination in rice fields.

Modern usage is strictly regulated due to its carcinogenic and bioaccumulative properties.

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