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Cadmium sulfide is a compound with the chemical formula CdS. It is yellow and is an electrical semiconductor. It exists in two different polymorphs, hexagonal greenstone and cubic magnesite.

Greenockite is a hexagonal light yellow crystal. It is a rare mineral and the only true cadmium ore. Due to its beautiful color and crystal habits, it is a highly sought after mineral. Its structure is the same as zinc sulfide wurtzite. The structure of Greenockite is formed by stacking SCd4 tetrahedrons in a layered structure, and every other layer is exactly the same, in a sequence of AB AB AB hexagons. Greenstone crystals are usually hexagonal pyramids. It is easy to see the alien features, because the top of the crystal is the dot and the bottom is the bottom.

Cubic magnesite is another polymorph of cadmium sulfide. It is a rare sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group. It has dimorphism and is easily confused with chlorite (mentioned above). Chemically, it is cadmium sulfide and appears as a bright yellow coating on sphalerite or siderite in caves deposited by atmospheric water. It was discovered in 1955 at the Hector-Calumet mine in Keno-Galena Hill, Yukon, and named after James Edwin Hawley, a professor of mineralogy at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.

Some basic properties of cadmium sulfide are as follows:

The main application of cadmium sulfide is as a pigment.

Figure 1. Cadmium sulfide is provided by ahpmat.com. Used with permission.

Cadmium sulfide is also used in the production of solar cells and is used as a buffer layer in the manufacture of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenium) solar cells. As the interest and absorption of solar cells increase, this application of cadmium sulfide may also increase.

Other uses of cadmium sulfide are as follows:

Although the main use of cadmium sulfide has been as a pigment, it can be reasonably expected that as the technology becomes more widely accepted and more affordable, the solar cell market will begin to consume more cadmium sulfide in the future.

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