Solid phase
Official name
Cadmium carbonate
CAS number
513-78-0
Type
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
carbonate
Chemical composition
Formula
$Cd^{2+} \cdot CO_3^{2-}$
Chemical formula
CdCO3
Elemental formula
(Cd2+) C O (O-)2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
4.0
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Cd^{2+}$ Cadmium cation element 1 0.5 1 constituent cation main
$(CO_3)^{2-}$ Carbonate anion chemical function 1 0.5 1 anionic radical main
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$(CO_3)^{2-}$ 1
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\cdot Cd^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$ 2
$\dddot - \dddot - C \dddot - O^{-2/3}$ 3
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Equivalent mineral
Otavite
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
hexagonal
Crystal class
ditrigonal-scalenohedral
Crystal class symbol
-3m (D3d)
Crystal spacegroup
R-3c
Molar mass
172.42 $g/mol$
Density
~5.0 $g/cm^3$
State NTP
solid
Phase transitions
Phase transition type Other phases Temperature - Pressure
solid decomposition gas 357 °C (630 K)
Refringence type
uniaxial
Pure color
colorless
Color
colorless, white
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Luster
adamantine
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