cadmium - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • contain: A small proportion of PV contains cadmium, the oxides of which are toxic in very small doses.
  • use: The amount of cadmium used is very small so the cell is not as unfriendly to the environment as We believe.
  • plate: Base metals of tensile strength above 1100 MPa should not be cadmium plated with conventional methods.
  • include: The task could be broadened to cover other heavy metals including cadmium & barium.
  • find: Over a period of 14 months we found cadmium in counterfeits to average more than five times the concentrations in genuine brands.

Preposition: in

  • food: These results will also complement previous MAFF surveys of lead and cadmium in foods.
  • battery: Although landfills are meant to be ' sealed ' the cadmium in one mobile phone battery can contaminate 600,000 liters of water.

Adjective modifier

  • heavy: In the first instance the study will be confined to the heavy metals cadmium, lead, arsenic and zinc.
  • e.g.: This also helps to reduce the amount of hazardous metals e.g. cadmium, nickel and mercury, in the waste stream.
  • Lead: Analysis Lead, cadmium, copper and zinc concentrations were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry ( ICP-MS ).
  • toxic: In portable electronics, they avoid toxic cadmium and mercury battery waste.
  • nickel: The battery was made by NIFE Batteries Ltd and was a nickel cadmium alkaline battery designed on the standard two-part principle.

Modifies a noun

  • telluride: He explained: " What silicon has done for digital cameras, cadmium telluride wafers will do for x-ray signals.
  • plating: Cadmium ion plating: The deposition of cadmium by a vacuum process to provide galvanic corrosion protection.
  • sulfide: A cadmium sulfide light sensitive resistor gives the buggy its ' eye ' .
  • zinc: The material you would be using is cadmium zinc telluride CZT which is being manufactured at Durham University.
  • battery: In practice 70 % of the portable nickel cadmium batteries market would be exempt.
  • concentration: The cadmium concentrations were generally higher than would be found in most foods.

Noun used with modifier

  • nickel: In practice 70 % of the portable nickel cadmium batteries market would be exempt.
  • metal: Exposure to the metal cadmium may be a risk.

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