Constituent
Name
cadmium(II) sulfate
Official name
Cadmium(II) sulfate
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
sulfate
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$Cd^{2+} \cdot SO_4^{2-}$
Chemical formula
CdSO4
Elemental formula
(Cd2+) S O2 (O-)2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Cd^{2+}$ Cadmium cation element 1 0.5 1 constituent cation main
$(SO_4)^{2-}$ Sulfate anion chemical function 1 0.5 1 anionic radical main
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$(SO_4)^{2-}$ 1
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\cdot Cd^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$ 2
$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - S \dddot - O^{-1/2}$ 4
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Crystal class
dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol
mmm (D2h)
Crystal spacegroup
Pmna
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
208.47 $g/mol$
Density
4.691 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
biaxial
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
1.565
Color
colorless, white
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Luster
vitreous