Editing Cadmium (section)

===Compounds===
[[File:Tyne and Wear Metro train 4001 at Pelaw 01.jpg|thumb|Train painted with [[Cadmium pigments|cadmium orange]]]]
[[Cadmium oxide]] was used in black and white television phosphors and in the blue and green phosphors of color television cathode ray tubes.<ref>{{cite journal|journal = [[Environmental Science & Technology]] |volume = 36|issue = 1|pages = 69–75|date = 2002|doi = 10.1021/es010517q|title = Recycling of Scrap Cathode Ray Tubes|first1 = Ching-Hwa|last1 = Lee|pmid = 11811492|last2 = Hsi|first2 = C. S.|bibcode = 2002EnST...36...69L }}</ref> [[Cadmium sulfide]] (CdS) is used as a photoconductive surface coating for photocopier drums.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8Yt6GzSEZRkC&pg=PR18|title =Electronic materials: from silicon to organics|first1= L. S.|last1 = Miller|first2=J. B. |last2= Mullin|publisher = Springer|date = 1991|isbn = 978-0-306-43655-0|page = 273|chapter = Crystalline Cadmium Sulfide}}</ref>

[[File:Cadmium sulfide.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.5|Cadmium sulfide]]
Various cadmium salts are used in paint pigments, with CdS as a [[Cadmium pigments|yellow pigment]] being the most common. [[Cadmium selenide]] is a red pigment, commonly called ''cadmium red''. To painters who work with the pigment, cadmium provides the most brilliant and durable yellows, oranges, and reds&nbsp;– so much so that during production, these colors are significantly toned down before they are ground with oils and binders or blended into [[watercolor]]s, [[gouache]]s, [[Acrylic paint|acrylics]], and other paint and pigment formulations. Because these pigments are potentially toxic, for safety users normally use a [[barrier cream]] on the hands to prevent absorption through the skin<ref name="colors">{{cite book|chapter = Cadmium Pigments|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_OrB0ew_HgAC&pg=PA121|pages = 121–123|isbn = 978-3-527-30363-2|publisher = Wiley-VCH|date = 2005|title = Industrial inorganic pigments|first1 = Gunter|last1 = Buxbaum|first2 = Gerhard|last2 = Pfaff}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> even though the amount of cadmium absorbed into the body through the skin is reported to be less than 1%.<ref name = "ATSDR" />

In [[polyvinyl chloride|PVC]], cadmium was used as heat, light, and weathering stabilizers.<ref name="HgCdPb" /><ref>{{cite book|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YUkJNI9QYsUC&pg=PA149|page = 149|first = Thomas C.|last = Jennings|isbn = 978-1-56990-379-7| publisher = Hanser Verlag|date = 2005|title = PVC handbook|chapter = Cadmium Environmental Concerns}}</ref> Currently, cadmium stabilizers have been completely replaced with barium-zinc, calcium-zinc and organo-tin stabilizers. Cadmium is used in many kinds of [[solder]] and bearing alloys, because it has a low [[coefficient of friction]] and fatigue resistance.<ref name="HgCdPb" /> It is also found in some of the lowest-melting [[alloy]]s, such as [[Wood's metal]].<ref>{{cite book|first1= George Stuart|last1= Brady|first2= George S.|last2= Brady|first3= Henry R.|last3= Clauser|first4 = John A.|last4 = Vaccari|isbn = 978-0-07-136076-0|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vIhvSQLhhMEC&pg=PA425|title = Materials handbook: an encyclopedia for managers, technical professionals, purchasing and production managers, technicians, and supervisors|publisher = McGraw-Hill Professional|date = 2002| page = 425}}</ref>