Cadmium
Cadmio (Cd, Z=48)
- Date
- 1817 · confidence high
- Place
- Göttingen, Germany
- Credited to
- Friedrich Stromeyer
- People
- 👤 Friedrich Stromeyer1776–1835👤 Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann1765–1846
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Stromeyer, a pharmacy inspector, found that an impure zinc oxide turned yellow on heating and isolated a new metal from it.
Hermann found it independently the same year.
What it led to
- Nickel-cadmium batteries
- Cadmium yellow and red pigments
- Control rods in nuclear reactors
Built on
- Zinc industry
- Pharmaceutical inspection
Made possible
- Ni-Cd battery
- Cadmium pigments