As nouns the difference between cadmium and zanthochroite
is that cadmium is cadmium while zanthochroite is (mineralogy) an amorphous cadmium sulfide, of which greenockite is the crystalline form.
cadmium
English
Noun
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wikipedia cadmium)
A metallic chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48.
Derived terms
* cadmic
* cadmiferous
* cadmium acetate
* cadmium antimonide
* cadmium arsenide
* cadmium azide
* cadmium bromide
* cadmium carbonate
* cadmium cell
* cadmium chloride
* cadmium chromate
* cadmium cyanide
* cadmium fluoride
* cadmium green
* cadmium hydroxide
* cadmium iodate
* cadmium iodide
* cadmium mercury cell
* cadmium metasilicate
* cadmium metatantalate
* cadmium metazirconate
* cadmium molybdate
* cadmium niobate
* cadmium nitrate
* cadmium orange
* cadmium oxalate
* cadmium oxide
* cadmium phosphate
* cadmium phosphide
* cadmium red
* cadmium selenide
* cadmium selenite
* cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulphate
* cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulphide
* cadmium sulfite, cadmium sulphite
* cadmium tellurate
* cadmium telluride
* cadmium titanate
* cadmium tungstate
* cadmium vanadate
* cadmium yellow
* cadmium zinc telluride
* cadmoselite
* mercury cadmium telluride
* nicad
Related terms
* cadmia
* Cadmean, Cadmian
* cadmy
See also
* greenockite
* itai-itai disease
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zanthochroite
English
Noun
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(mineralogy) An amorphous cadmium sulfide, of which greenockite is the crystalline form.
References
* United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996). 