Cadmium

Cadmium (Cd) makes up 150 parts per billion by weight in the crust of the Earth

Cadmium makes up 150 parts per billion by weight in the crust of the Earth

Cd is a soft, silvery-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury.

It is a minor metallic element, one of the naturally occurring components in the earth’s crust and waters, and present everywhere in our environment. Most cadmium metal today is produced as a by-product of the extraction, smelting and refining of the nonferrous metals – zinc, lead and copper.