All chemical elements
- Symbol
- Cd
- Atomic number
- 48
- Chemical property
- Post-transition metal
- Origin o the name
- the New Latin cadmia, from King Kadmos
- Group
- 12
- Period
- 5
- Atomic weight (u)
- 112.414
- Atomic weight uncertainty (u)
- 0.004
- Density (g/cm³)
- 8.69
- Melting point (K)
- 594.22
- Boiling point (K)
- 1040
- Heat capacity (J/(g·K))
- 0.232
- Electro-negativity
- 1.69
- Abundance in earth's crust (mg/kg)
- 0.159