Constituent
Name
cadmium oxide
Official name
Cadmium oxide
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
oxide
Comments
the equivalet mineral is Monteponite
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$CdO$
Chemical formula
CdO
Elemental formula
Cd O
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Cd$ Cadmium element 1 0.5 1 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 1 0.5 1 constituent element main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$Cd-O-$ 6
Class
tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type
metal homonuclear tridimensional networks (elemental) (11.02)
Phase name
beta-cadmium oxide
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
isometric (cubic)
Crystal class
hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol
m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup
Fm-3m
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
128.413 $g/mol$
Density
8.15 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
isotropic
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
2.49
Color
red brown, black
Diaphaneity
opaque
Luster
metallic