cadmium
IPA: kˈædmiʌm
noun
- A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
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Examples of "cadmium" in Sentences
- The coating may be cadmium sulfide.
- Cadmium yellow is the collor of broken dreams.
- One of the canisters was wrapped in cadmium, and one in tin.
- The lead is tapped off and some of the cadmium is distilled.
- Electroplating is the primary source of chromium and cadmium.
- The cadmium accumulated in the people eating contaminated rice.
- Cadmium toxicity depends upon the species and the concentration.
- Escape of cadmium into the atmosphere is thereby substantially prevented.
- The cadmium was released into rivers by mining companies in the mountains.
- Stations on the ground tracked the fluorescent zinc cadmium sulfide particles.