Nomenclature
CAS number: 513-78-0
CCdO
3; mol wt 172.42.
C 6.97%, Cd 65.20%, O 27.84%.
CdCO
3.
Description and references
Occurs in nature as the mineral, otavite. Prepn: de Schulten, Bull. Soc.
Chim. Fr. [3] 19, 34 (1898); Biltz, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 220, 312
(1934).
Properties
Powder or rhombohedral leaflets. d 4.26. Practically insol in water.
Sol in concd solns of ammonium salts, dil acids.