SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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boron (B)
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antimony (Sb)
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phosphorus (P)
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cadmium (Cd)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cadmium is a chemical element with symbol Cd and atomic number 48. Classified as a transition metal, Cadmium is a solid at room temperature.
Detailed explanation-2: -cadmium (Cd), chemical element, a metal of Group 12 (IIb, or zinc group) of the periodic table.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cadmium (Cd) is a soft, malleable, bluish white metal found in zinc ores, and to a much lesser extent, in the cadmium mineral greenockite. Most of the cadmium produced today is obtained from zinc byproducts and recovered from spent nickel-cadmium batteries.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cadmium is a silvery metal with a bluish tinge to its surface.
Detailed explanation-5: -Cadmium is in its elemental form a soft, silver-white metal. It is not usually present in the environment as a pure metal, but most often as complex oxides, sulphides, and carbonates in zinc, lead, and copper ores. Cadmium is not an element that is used by the body, and it is toxic.