Cadmium(II) sulfate | SSHADE

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Solid phase

Official name: Cadmium(II) sulfate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Cadmium sulphate; Sulfuric acid, cadmium salt (1:1)
CAS number: 10124-36-4

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: sulfate

Chemical composition

Formula: $Cd^{2+} \cdot SO_4^{2-}$
Chemical formula: CdSO4
Elemental formula: (Cd2+) S O2 (O-)2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	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
	$(SO_4)^{2-}$	Sulfate anion	chemical function	1	0.5	1	anionic radical	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(SO_4)^{2-}$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot Cd^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$	2
	$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - S \dddot - O^{-1/2}$	4

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: orthorhombic
Crystal class: dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol: mmm (D2h)
Crystal spacegroup: Pmna

Physical properties

Molar mass: 208.47 $g/mol$
Density: 4.691 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid	liquid	1000 °C (1270 K)

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.565
Pure color: colorless
Color: colorless, white
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: vitreous

Links and Publications

Links

Wikipedia: Cadmium Sulfate