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He's too funny. Every element is always quite so nice
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People, don't panic. Cadmium Is still used in the electroplating industry. My company plated with cadmium and we handled cad Daily. Just dont eat it or lick your hands after you touch it. It just like handling lead. Wash your hands and don't eat the shit. Aerospace always wants their parts cadmium plated over zinc, because cadmium protects against rust better.
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I'm sitting here watching this eating Altoids mints. I'm sure they taste a bit funny!
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@manzilla86 testing for power failure is quite important for nuclear powerplants...
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Nickel oxide hydroxide anode and cadmium cathode.
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I've heard of metal vapor lasers before but I didn't know cadmium was used in them.
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Cadmium has a low melting point. It's used in Wood's metal, Indalloy-117, and Cerrobend, and a certain alloy was used in Terminator 2 for some special effects of the T-1000 (liquid Terminator). It's pretty amazing how many elements and chemicals we use and are exposed too in our everyday lives. The extremely rare mineral, esp. in gemstone form, Greenockite is CdS. Sphalerite is similar, but consists of Zinc instead (ZnS). Activated ZnS (Zinc Sulfide) will glow if it's exposed to alpha particles.
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@cassiavc I would not worry about touching it once. Don't play with it your whole life each and every day.
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Am I the only one who thinks that "nice container" looked like it could be an old Altoids container? Or maybe no one cares....
1 year ago 4
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@TheJewishKoolAidMan No it won't.
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Cadmium is also commonly used in nuclear reactors as a control rod. It absorbs neutrons quite nicely, so if the reaction is getting out of control, you can just lower in the rods and they will stop the fission. Unless, of course, you do some stupid tests on your nuclear power plant then are unable to power anything and it blows up, like in Chernobyl (spelling might be wrong there, sorry).
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manzilla86 3 years ago 24
Making "safe" glass incredibly toxic.
StormRisingOriginal 2 years ago 18