Cadmium Sheet Metal

Most of the cadmium produced today is obtained from zinc byproducts and recovered from spent nickel cadmium batteries.

Cadmium sheet metal.

Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol cd and atomic number 48. Cadmium is a silver gray crystalline solid suitable for use in corrosion protection applications such as steel electroplating or the mechanical plating of fasteners and other parts. First aid measures general advice show this safety data sheet to the doctor in attendance. Repeated exposure may cause permanent kidney and liver damage anemia and loss of sense of smell.

About cadmium sheet american elements specializes in producing cadmium as rolled sheets in various thicknesses and sizes. This soft silver white metal was first used in paint pigments and as a substitute for tin in world war i. Immediate medical attention is required. Item 168753 model 11786.

It is a highly toxic carcinogenic that is harmful to most of the body s systems especially to the lungs bones and kidneys. In the case of contact with eyes rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical. Fumes released upon heating eg welding on surfaces coated with cadmium may cause acute metal fume fever. Eye contact rinse immediately with plenty of water also under the eyelids for at least 15 minutes.

Cadmium metal cd is a silver white solid tinged with blue. Product use cadmium metal is used as a constituent in easily fusible alloys in soft solder and solder for aluminum in electroplating as a deoxidizer in nickel plating in process engraving in electrodes for cadmium vapour lamps in photoelectric cells in nickel cadmium storage batteries and in pigment manufacture. Hillman 12 in x 24 in cold rolled steel expanded sheet metal. Workers may be harmed from exposure to cadmium.

This soft silvery white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12 zinc and mercury like zinc it demonstrates oxidation state 2 in most of its compounds and like mercury it has a lower melting point than the transition metals in groups 3 through 11. Cadmium cd is a soft malleable bluish white metal found in zinc ores and to a much lesser extent in the cadmium mineral greenockite. Cadmium a naturally occurring element found in the earth s crust was discovered in 1817 but was not used commercially until the end of the 19th century.