Cadmium Metal Sheet Appearance
May be fatal if inhaled.
Cadmium metal sheet appearance. Cadmium is a key component in battery production and particular pigments and coatings due to its distinct yellow color. Cadmium can affect your health if you inhale it or if you swallow it. Cadmium metal safety data sheet section 1. Cadmium can cause local skin or eye irritation.
Workers may be harmed from exposure to cadmium. For the past 4 years the united states has been a net importer of unwrought cadmium metal and cadmium metal powders and a net exporter of wrought cadmium products and cadmium pigments. Cadmium makes up about 0 1 ppm of the earth s crust. Causes eye skin and respiratory tract irritation.
Cadmium metal trade names and synonyms. Eye contact rinse immediately with plenty of water also under the eyelids for at least 15 minutes. Overview cadmium cd is a soft malleable bluish white metal found in zinc ores and to a much lesser extent in the cadmium mineral greenockite. May cause reproductive and fetal.
Cadmium is found in cadmium fumes cdo and cadmium compounds. Cadmium metal soft blue white malleable lustrous metal or grayish white powder. Cadmium metal and compounds are mainly consumed for alloys coatings nicd batteries pigments and plastic stabilizers. Can cause lung and kidney disease.
Product identifier trade name cadmium metal product no. Identification of the substance mixture and of the company undertaking 1 1. Standard atomic weight a r std cd 112 414 4 cadmium in the periodic table. It is a highly toxic carcinogenic that is harmful to most of the body s systems especially to the lungs bones and kidneys.
Pronunciation ˈ k æ d m i ə m kad mee əm appearance. In the case of contact with eyes rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical. Relevant identified uses of the substance or mixture and uses advised against. Most of the cadmium produced today is obtained from zinc byproducts and recovered from spent nickel cadmium batteries.
July 27 2018 cadmium metal page 1 of 7 cadmium metal safety data sheet section 1. In its elemental form cadmium has a silvery bluish gray metallic appearance. Inhalation of fumes may cause metal fume fever. It is a common impurity in zinc ores and is isolated during the production of zinc.
090643 reach registration number 01 2119489023 40 0001 other means of identification 1 2. Some cadmium compounds may also appear as a brown yellow or red powdery substance. Cadmium metal cd is a silver white solid tinged with blue. Trail operations trail british columbia v1r 4l8 emergency telephone.
No significant deposits of cadmium containing ores are known however it is sometimes found in its metallic form.