It sometimes happens that zinc-white is contaminated by this brown powder and rendered worthless as a paint. Cadmium melts at about 440 Fah., and when alloyed with other metals, causes them to ...

Cadmium is a metal in group IIB of the periodic table with atomic number 48, an atomic weight of 112.40, and a density of 8.65 Mg/m 3. Its melting point is 320.9 C, and it boils at 7654 C. The ...