Cadmium Sheet Metal

Hillman 12 in x 24 in cold rolled steel expanded sheet metal.

Cadmium sheet metal.

Fumes released upon heating eg welding on surfaces coated with cadmium may cause acute metal fume fever. This soft silver white metal was first used in paint pigments and as a substitute for tin in world war i. Immediate medical attention is required. Item 168753 model 11786.

Repeated exposure may cause permanent kidney and liver damage anemia and loss of sense of smell. This soft silvery white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12 zinc and mercury like zinc it demonstrates oxidation state 2 in most of its compounds and like mercury it has a lower melting point than the transition metals in groups 3 through 11. Eye contact rinse immediately with plenty of water also under the eyelids for at least 15 minutes. Most of the cadmium produced today is obtained from zinc byproducts and recovered from spent nickel cadmium batteries.

Product use cadmium metal is used as a constituent in easily fusible alloys in soft solder and solder for aluminum in electroplating as a deoxidizer in nickel plating in process engraving in electrodes for cadmium vapour lamps in photoelectric cells in nickel cadmium storage batteries and in pigment manufacture. Cadmium is found in cadmium fumes cdo and cadmium compounds. Workers may be harmed from exposure to cadmium. Cadmium cd is a soft malleable bluish white metal found in zinc ores and to a much lesser extent in the cadmium mineral greenockite.

Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol cd and atomic number 48. A variety of standard and custom cadmium alloys for plating vacuum plating alloying and additions applications are available. It is a highly toxic carcinogenic that is harmful to most of the body s systems especially to the lungs bones and kidneys. First aid measures general advice show this safety data sheet to the doctor in attendance.

About cadmium sheet american elements specializes in producing cadmium as rolled sheets in various thicknesses and sizes. Cadmium a naturally occurring element found in the earth s crust was discovered in 1817 but was not used commercially until the end of the 19th century. Cadmium is a silver gray crystalline solid suitable for use in corrosion protection applications such as steel electroplating or the mechanical plating of fasteners and other parts.