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Cadmium Powder

Thread starter Fusin
Start date Jan 25, 2008

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Jan 25, 2008

Fusin

Chemical

Hi!

I'm trying to understand why cadmium powder is inflammable and what is the relation between flammability and its moisture.

I found that cadmium reacts with air : Cd + O2 -> CdO
This reaction should be fast with a powder (with an high ratio surface/volume)
The MSDS said there is no reaction with cadmium and water.
Does CdO reacts to form hydrogen??

Thanks for your help!