Talk:Cadmium
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[edit] Information Sources
Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Cadmium. Additional text was taken directly from USGS Cadmium Statistics and Information, from the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org). Data for the table were obtained from the sources listed on the subject page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but were reformatted and converted into SI units.
[edit] Talk
"Extremely toxic"? Isn't that a little extreme? Many people in my industry handle it without precautions (which they should use) and suffer no short term ill effects. <Sig?>
I agree that "extremely toxic at low concentrations" is a bit of a stretch. Animal subjects have to be exposed to low doses of cadmium (both oral and inhalation) for 1-3 months before any signs of toxicity appear. Substances like sarin or hydrogen cyanide are extremely toxic, but not cadmium.Jay Litman 12:21, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
I just went ahead and removed 'extremely.'--Jay Litman 17:36, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm not a chemist, but in the "Most Stable Isotopes" table, should it be Cadmium 108, not 188?
- I agree, 188Cd must be wrong. JWSchmidt 08:17, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
What about the story that says the name Cadmium derives from King Cadmus of Phoenicia from Greek mythology ? Jay 16:52, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Lots of websites I visited said that 60% of cadmium is used in electroplating, not 6%. Which is correct?
Well the cadium is actually extremely toxic. I mean look up itai-itai disease
[edit] Cadmium in fertilizer
I found severl links which mention risk of Cadmium in fertilizers. The phosphate ore contains cadmium and if not extracted it ends in the fertilizer. It looks like the EU made a upper level for Cadmium in Fertilizer.
Stone 10:15, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] hilumin in metal sample
hi
i would like to ask a question regarding cadmium.
I work in a chemcial testing lab. Recently i have received a metal sample that the client claim that it the metal base material contain hilumin with nickel, tin and gold plated. After i analyse, i discover that there is a high concentration of cadmium... Would it be possible that there is cadmium in the metal material? For what i know, i only know that lead concentration is often occur high in plating material.
is there any test where i can test if there is any cadmium in a metal sample??? Does tin contain cadmium in it. Or does hilumin had cadmium content in it??
this is my email: eyemoe@hotmail.com
regards
nicole --202.156.6.54 15:26, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Precautions section
This section needs a serious overhaul. It contains redundancy, scientifically obsolete statements, and several dead links. I'm going to start updating/rewriting. If anyone finds a problem or inconsistency with my edits, please leave a comment here. Thanks! --Jay†Litman 21:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
