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What is cadmium used for?

April 26, 2017Cadmium Used

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What is cadmium used for?

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Cadmium has been used in pigments, corrosion resistant plating on steel and as a stabilizer in plastics. Due to a variety of regulations, cadmium is no longer used in these applications. Three-quarters of cadmium usage today is in nickel-cadmium batteries. It is suspected that manufacturers have started to replace lead, which is highly restricted in children’s products, with cadmium. Cadmium is a low cost metal, easy to work with, and has similar characteristics to lead.