IS 6344 : 2006 Cadmium Metal - Specification

ICS 77.120.70 MTD 9
Reaffirmed 2022

1 Scope

1.1 This standard specifies requirements for cadmium metal recovered from zinc concentrate as a by-product.

1.2 The requirement of the cadmium cast directly from remelted cadmium is also brought under this scope as it is difficult to distinguish betweenprimary and secondary cadmium coming into the market.

2 References

The standards listed below contain provisions, which through reference in this text constitute provisions of this standard.At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standardare encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

    IS No.           Title
IS 1387 : 1993 General requirements for the
supply of metallurgical materials
(second revision)
IS 1817 : 1961 Methods of sampling non-
ferrous metals for chemical
analysis
IS 13963 Chemical analysis of cadmium
metal:
IS (Part 1): 1994 Determination of copper, zinc,
lead and iron
IS (Part 2): 1994 Determination of nickel, arsenic,
antimony   and  thallium   by
spectrophotometric methods