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Cadmium Chloride MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Cadmium Chloride
Tree Number(s)
D01.142.175
D01.210.450.150.125
Unique ID
D019256
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019256
Scope Note
A cadmium halide in the form of colorless crystals, soluble in water, methanol, and ethanol. It is used in photography, in dyeing, and calico printing, and as a solution to precipitate sulfides. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Entry Term(s)
Cadmium Dichloride
CdCl2
Registry Numbers
J6K4F9V3BA
Related Numbers
10108-64-2
CAS Type 1 Name
Cadmium chloride (CdCl2)
Previous Indexing
Cadmium (1980-1996)
Chlorides (1980-1996)
Public MeSH Note
97; CADMIUM CHLORIDE was indexed under CADMIUM & CHLORIDES 1980-96
Online Note
use CADMIUM CHLORIDE (NM) to search CADMIUM CHLORIDE 1980-96
History Note
97; was CADMIUM CHLORIDE (NM) 1980-96
Date Introduced
1997/01/01
Last Updated
2013/07/08
Cadmium Chloride Preferred
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