Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: Cadmium

Authors

Bart Davidson, University of KentuckyFollow
R. Stephen Fisher, University of Kentucky

Abstract

Cadmium is a metallic element that occurs naturally in the earth's crust, especially in zinc-, lead-, and copper-bearing ores (Forstner and Whittmann, 1981). Pure cadmium is a soft silver-white metal, but is rarely found naturally in its pure form. It is commonly combined with other elements, such as oxygen (cadmium oxide) and sulfur (cadmium sulfate).

Publication Date

2005

Series

Series XII

Report Number

Information Circular 9

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ic09.12

Notes

© Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky

Repository Citation

Davidson, Bart and Fisher, R. Stephen, "Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: Cadmium" (2005). Information Circular--KGS. 7.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ic/7