Cadmium

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Cadmium
Properties
TypeElement
Made With/ByMustard Willow
Difficulty of ProductionMedium
Exists in RealityYes
Atomic Number48


Cadmium is a material needed to make cadmium steel, which is a substitute for technetium steel.

Production

Cadmium can be obtained by smelting cadmium powder, which can be obtained by acidizing 10 mustard willow leaves with 250 mB of high-perfomance solvent in the ore acidizer.

Ore Acidizer
High-Performance Solvent
250mB
Mustard Willow Leaf10
Cadmium Powder

Uses

  • Cadmium can be alloyed with steel ingots to make cadmium steel which can be a substitute for technetium steel recipes.
Crucible
8 Nuggets
1 Nugget
Crucible
1 Ingot
  • Cadmium powder can be used in a chemical plant alongside unsaturated hydrocarbons and chlorine gas to make PVC bars.
Chemical Plant
Details Recipe
PVC Bar

Duration: 5.0s
Consumption: 100 kHE/t
Input:
1x Cadmium Powder
250mB Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
250mB Chlorine Gas
Output:
2x PVC Bar

Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
250mB
Chlorine Gas
250mB
Cadmium Powder
Chemical PlantChemical Factory
  • It can be also used to make rubber bars with fish oil in an acidizer.
Ore Acidizer
Fish Oil
4,000mB
Cadmium Powder
Rubber Bar16
  • It can also be used as a substitute for orange dye.

Trivia

  • Cadmium oxide is known for its yellow tint, which led it to be used as a pigment in paintings, used by painters like Monet.

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