SYNONYMS: CADMIO (Spanish); CADMIUM METAL; C.I. 77180; COLLOIDAL CADMIUM; EINECS No. 231-152-8; KADMIUM (German)

IDENTIFICATION:

CAS: 7440-43-9

DOT ID: UN2570

Hazard class or Division: 6.1 (POISONOUS/TOXIC MATERIALS)

ERG Guide: 154

Formula: Cd

RTECS No.: EU9800000

Properties: Silver-white crystalline solid, tinged with blue, lustrous, malleable metal. Odorless. Powder form is combustible. Odorless. Poisonous gases may be produced in fire.

Uses: Found in welding and brazing fume; electroplating and dip coatings for metals; deoxidizer in nickel plating; in brazing alloys; in easily-fusible and low-melting alloys; as soft solder for aluminum; in ceramic glazes and enamels; making nuclear reactor rods.

HEALTH & SAFETY INFORMATION

• IDLH: 9 mg[Cd]/m ³; potential carcinogen.

• IARC: Group 1, known human carcinogen

• NTP: Known human carcinogen.

• OSHA Table Z-1 Air Contaminant (see cadmium standard 1910.1027)

• Poison when inhaled. Dust may cause severe irritation to the nose, throat and lungs, causing coughing, shortness of breath. Inhalation of fume may cause lung edema or "metal fume fever" with flu-like symptoms including chills, muscle ache, headache, fever; the effects may be delayed. Breathing high levels of cadmium severely damages the lungs and can cause death. Eating food or drinking water with very high levels severely irritates the stomach, leading to vomiting and diarrhea. Chronic exposure to dust particles of cadmium in air may cause irreversible lung injury, abnormal lung function, and kidney disease. Other consequences of cadmium exposures are inflammation of the nose and throat, open sores in the nose,...