Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-29 | Page 10 | Cadmium Produced in United States

CADMIUM PRODUCED IN UNITED STATES Washington Dec 29 There is a anew pew new flew American industry It Il Is the pro production production production of oC a metal which possesses re remarkable properties Until recently cadmium used In this country countr was Im Imported imported ported from Silesia but now we are arc producing so much of or it at home that wo we ic Import very Ver little of or it 1 Cadmium melts mells at a lower tempera temperature ture and like bismuth lowers the melting point of oC alloys in which it Is used Bismuth however forms torms brittle alloys allos but many man alloys allos of or cadmium are arc ductile and malleable yet hard The Vise melting points of these alloys are arc lower ower loWer than titan the melting points of any of or the metals composing them Sev Several Se oral eral of them at temperature considerably below that of oC boiling water and a trick teaspoon made of oC one of these those com compounds compounds compounds pounds metals in a II cup of oC tea to tho the great astonishment of oC the tea drinker er erThe The chife source of cadmium is zinc ore though small quantities of or this rare raed metal tal are contained In n some lead ores