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Author of the description
Gruiz Katalin
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Cadmium is a lustrous, silver-white, ductile, very malleable metal. Its surface has a bluish tinge and the metal is soft enough to be cut with a knife, but it tarnishes in air. It is soluble in acids but not in alkalis. It is similar in many respects to zinc but it forms more complex compounds. |
Source of description
http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/cd.htm