Cadmium

Cadmium: physical properties

Temperatures

• Melting point: 594.22 [or 321.07 °C (609.93 °F)] K
• Boiling point: 1040 [or 767 °C (1413 °F)] K (liquid range: 445.78  K
• Critical temperature: no data  K
• Superconduction temperature: 0.517 [or -272.633 °C (-458.74 °F)] K

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Expansion and conduction properties

• Thermal conductivity: 97  W m^-1 K^-1
• Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 30.8  x 10^-6 K^-1

Bulk properties

• Density of solid: 8650  kg m^-3
• Molar volume: 13.00  cm³
• Velocity of sound: 2310  m s^-1

Elastic properties

• Youngs modulus: 50  GPa
• Rigidity modulus: 19  GPa
• Bulk modulus: 42  GPa
• Poissons ratio: 0.30  (no units)

Hardnesses

• Mineral hardness: 2.0  (no units)
• Brinell hardness: 203  MN m^-2
• Vickers hardness: no data  MN m^-2

Electrical properties

• Electrical resistivity: 7  10^-8 Ω m; or mΩ cm

Optical properties

• Reflectivity: 67  %
• Refractive index: no data  (no units)

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