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CADMIUM

Cadmium is a comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a bluish-white metal, both ductile and malleable with the symbol Cd. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. Cadmium is used as the basis of a number of pigments.
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