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Term	Acronym	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
Cadmium		Web Taxonomy-Substances	Taxonomy	Definition: A heavy metal that accumulates in the environment. [Terms of Env]
Cadmium		America's Children and the Environment Terms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A heavy metal used primarily for metal plating and coating operations, in applications such as transportation equipment, machinery and baking enamels, photography, and television phosphors. It also is used in nickel-cadmium and solar batteries, and in pigments. It also is found in cigarette smoke and is an important hazardous air pollutant.
Cadmium	Cd	Terms of Environment	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A heavy metal that accumulates in the environment.
Cadmium Compounds (0.1)		Toxics Release Inventory Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains cadmium as part of that chemical's infrastructure. [2012 TRI Reporting Forms and Instructions]
Cadmium	Cd	EPA EV-Chemical Substances	Taxonomy	Definition 1: Cadmium is a natural element in the earth's crust. It is usually found as a mineral combined with other elements such as oxygen (cadmium oxide), chlorine (cadmium chloride), or sulfur (cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulfide). All soils and rocks, including coal and mineral fertilizers, contain some cadmium. Most cadmium used in the United States is extracted during the production of other metals like zinc, lead, and copper. Cadmium does not corrode easily and has many uses, including batteries, pigments, metal coatings, and plastics. [CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Toxic Substances Portal] Definition 2: A heavy metal used primarily for metal plating and coating operations, in applications such as transportation equipment, machinery and baking enamels, photography, and television phosphors. It also is used in nickel-cadmium and solar batteries, and in pigments. It also is found in cigarette smoke and is an important hazardous air pollutant.[ACE Glossary of Terms] Definition 3: Chemical element used in making certain types of solar cells and batteries. .[DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Solar Energy Glossary]
Cadmium Compounds		EPA EV-Chemical Substances	Taxonomy
Cadmium Compounds (0.1)		EPA EV-Chemical Substances	Taxonomy
Cadmium Melting Furnace		EPA EV-Built Environments-Devices, Equipment, Appliances	Taxonomy	Definition: Any furnace used to melt cadmium or produce cadmium oxide from the cadmium recovered in the zinc production process. [40 CFR 63.11167 (CFR 2013)]
Cadmium Telluride		EPA EV-Chemical Substances	Taxonomy	Definition: Polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaic material. .[DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Solar Energy Glossary]
Nickel Cadmium Battery	NiCad Battery	EPA EV-Built Environments-Energy Generation	Taxonomy	Definition: Rechargeable battery with nickel oxide hydroxide as the cathode and cadmium as the ande.
Total Cadmium		EPA EV-Regulatory Activities-Regulatory Quantities	Taxonomy	Definition 1: Total cadmium. [40 CFR 437.2 (CFR 2013)][40 CFR 435.41 (CFR 2013)][40 CFR 435.11 (CFR 2013)] Definition 2: Total cadmium, Parameter 12. [40 CFR 444.11 (CFR 2013)] Definition 3: Total cadmium present in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater treatment system. [40 CFR 415.641 (CFR 2017)]

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