カドミウム

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cadmium (Cd)

Chemical element with atomic number 48. Used in technical, scientific, and industrial contexts.

Cadmium is a metal used in batteries and pigments.

土ど壌じょうのカドミウム汚お染せんが問もん題だいになっている。

Cadmium contamination of soil has become a problem.

〈物もの〉がカドミウムに汚お染せんされるfor something to be contaminated with cadmium
その地ち域いきの土ど壌じょうがカドミウムに汚お染せんされていた。
The soil in that area had been contaminated with cadmium.
カドミウムを含ふくむ〈物もの〉something that contains cadmium
カドミウムを含ふくむ顔がん料りょうは現げん在ざいではあまり使つかわれない。
Pigments containing cadmium are not widely used nowadays.

水すい銀ぎん
カドミウム and 水銀 are both toxic heavy metals often discussed together in pollution contexts, but 水銀 (mercury) is liquid at room temperature while カドミウム is a solid metal.
亜あ鉛えん
亜鉛 (zinc) is chemically similar to カドミウム and the two are often found together in ores, but 亜鉛 is an essential nutrient while カドミウム is toxic even in small amounts.
鉛なまりN1
鉛 (lead) is another toxic heavy metal frequently mentioned alongside カドミウム in discussions of environmental contamination, but they are chemically distinct elements.

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Borrowed from German 'Kadmium' or English 'cadmium', ultimately from Latin 'cadmia' (calamine), a zinc ore from which cadmium was first isolated.