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-'''Cadmium''' is the 48th [[element]] in the [[periodic table]]. Extremely toxic, it is also fairly rare in [[nature]]. It occurs most often in [[compounds]] or [[isotopes]], and is rarely found in [[pure form]]. As it is so deadly, it has almost no use in the bodily functions of either [[humans]] or [[animals]]. Even so, humans have found ways of using cadmium to our advantage, despite its lethalness.
+'''Cadmium''' is [[chemical element]] classified as a transition metal in the [[periodic table of elements]]. Extremely toxic, it is also fairly rare in [[nature]]. It occurs most often in [[compounds]] or [[isotopes]], and is rarely found in [[pure form]]. As it is so deadly, it has almost no use in the bodily functions of either [[humans]] or [[animals]]. Even so, humans have found ways of using cadmium to our advantage, despite its lethalness.
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