| Chemical Properties | Cadmium stearate is a crystalline solid.
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| General Description | Solid. Used as a lubricant and stabilizer for polyvinyl chloride. |
| Reactivity Profile | Cadmium stearate has weak oxidizing or reducing powers. Redox reactions can however still occur. The majority of compounds in this class are slightly soluble or insoluble in water. If soluble in water, then the solutions are usually neither strongly acidic nor strongly basic. These compounds are not water-reactive. |
| Health Hazard | Similar to cadmium; acute toxicity most notably occurs secondary to cadmium ingestion or inhalation of cadmium fumes. Poisoning from inhalation is relatively rare but dangerous, having a mortality rate of about 15 percent. Toxic inhaled concentrations in humans have been reported at 147 mg/m3/35 minutes and at 1800 mg/m3/2 years. |
| Fire Hazard | Cadmium stearate emits acrid smoke when heated to decomposition. |
| Safety Profile | Confirmed human
carcinogen. Poison by inhalation.
Moderately toxic by ingestion. Human
systemic effects by inhalation:
hallucinations or dstorted perceptions;
nausea or vomiting, other gastrointestinal
effects; weight loss or decreased weight gain;
cardiac effects. When heated to
decomposition it emits toxic fumes of Cd.
See also CADMIUM COMPOUNDS. |
| Potential Exposure | Used as a lubricant and stabilizer in
polyvinyl chloride plastics |
| Shipping | UN2570 Cadmium compounds, Hazard Class:
6.1; Labels: 6.1-Poisonous materials, Technical Name
Required. |
| Incompatibilities | Cadmium stearate has weak oxidizing or
reducing powers. Redox reactions can however still occur |
