answersLogoWhite

0

Yes. Cadmium is radioactive, with over 50% made up of radioactive isotopes, though the half lives so very long that they can be treated as stable for most purposes.

Naturally occurring cadmium is composed of 8 isotopes. For two of them, natural radioactivity was observed, and three others are predicted to be radioactive but their decay is not observed, due to extremely long half-life times. The two natural radioactive isotopes are 113Cd (beta decay, half-life is 7.7 × 1015 years) and 116Cd (two-neutrino double beta decay, half-life is 2.9 × 1019 years). The other three are 106Cd, 108Cd (double electron capture), and 114Cd (double beta decay); only lower limits on their half-life times have been set. At least three isotopes - 110Cd, 111Cd, and 112Cd - are stable. Among the isotopes absent in natural cadmium, the most long-lived are 109Cd with a half-life of 462.6 days, and 115Cd with a half-life of 53.46 hours. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 2.5 hours, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 5 minutes. This element also has 8 known meta states, with the most stable being 113mCd (t½ 14.1 years), 115mCd (t½ 44.6 days), and 117mCd (t½ 3.36 hours).
No, Cadmium is not radioactive, though it is toxic.

There are, however, several radioactive isotopes of cadmium.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Does cadmium conduct electricity heat and sounds?

Cadmium has Thermal conductivity: 96.6 W m-1 K-1 (it conducts heat), and Electrical conductivity: 14.7 x 106 S m-1 (it conducts electricity). All solids will conduct sound but in many, the sound will dampen quickly. Since the melting point of Cadmium is 320.9 ºC, it is normally a solid. It will conduct sound for short distances, but the sound would dampen if passed through a thicker plate of cadmium (although a thick plate of solid cadmium would be prohibitively expensive to produce). A wire of cadmium would probably transmit sound at least as well as regular string pulled tight between two cans in a "tin can telephone".


What element conducts electricity cadmium or sodium?

I believe you ment to say 'which element conducts electricity Cadmium or Sodium?'They both do. They are both metals.


Does camphor conduct electricity?

No, camphor does not conduct electricity. It is a type of organic compound, so it cannot ionize to conduct electricity.


Does pyrite conduct electricity?

Yes, Pyrite can conduct electricity.


Do pineapples conduct electricity?

yes a pineapple can conduct electricity.


Why superconductor cannot conduct electricity?

Superconductors can conduct electricity.


What metal can't conduct electricity?

all metals can conduct electricity


Does soduim conduct electricity?

Yes, Sodium is a metal and it does conduct electricity.


Does latex conduct electricity?

No, latex is an insulating material and does not conduct electricity.


How solutions conduct electricity?

A solution containing ions conduct electricity.


Does mineral conduct electricity?

Many inorganic compounds conduct electricity.


Do nitrile gloves conduct electricity?

No, nitrile gloves do not conduct electricity.