Symbol	Cd	Atomic radius: pm	149	Fusion: kJ/Mole	6.19
Name	Cadmium	Ionic radius: pm	(+2)95	Boiling point: °C	767
Atomic number	48	Electron affinity	Unst anion	Melting point: °C	321
Atomic weight	112.4	1st  ion potential	8.99	Specific Heat Cap: J/(g K)	0.23
Classification	Trans metal	Natural form	Solid	Thermal Cond: W/(cm K)	0.97
Configuration	[Kr]4d105s2	Crystal structure	Hex	Electrical Cond	0.138
Oxidation states	2	Density	8.69	Abundance: mg/kg-crust	0.15
Electronegativity	1.69	Vaporization: kJ/Mole	99.87
Friedrich Strohmeyer discovered cadmium in 1817 in a sample of zinc carbonate, and independently, K.S.L. Hermann and J.C.H. Roloff found cadmium at the same time in a speciment of zinc oxide.			Uses - batteries, yellow pigment (in compound with sulfur), control rods and shields  in nuclear reactors, TV tube phosphors