A soft, toxic metal that gave the world rechargeable NiCd cells and the brilliant yellow of old paint.
- Atomic number
- 48
- Atomic mass
- 112.414 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s²
- Melting point
- 594.22 K · 321.1 °C
- Boiling point
- 1,040 K · 766.9 °C
- Density
- 8.65 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.69
- Period / Group
- 5 / 12
- Discovery year
- 1817