Group 12 element have zinc in its active site. In 1817, cadmium was discovered in Germany as an impurity in zinc carbonate minerals (calamine) by Friedrich Stromeyer and Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann. It was named after the Latin "cadmia" for "calamine", a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was in turn named after the Greek mythological character, Κάδμος Cadmus, the founder of Thebes. Stromeyer eventually isolated cadmium metal by roasting and reduction of the sulfide. In 1927, the International Conference on Weights and Measures redefined the meter in terms of a red cadmium spectral line (1 m = 1,553,164.13 wavelengths). This definition has since
The Big Ore The Big Ore The Big Ore () is a 1964 drama film directed by Vasily Ordynsky and based on the novel by Georgi Vladimov. Viktor Pronin (Yevgeni Urbansky) returned from the army to the bride (Svetlana Zhgun), and she – the other. Then Victor went to "great" Kursk ore, where the work is in full swing – all live in anticipation of the first car of ore. To check Pronyakin, Brigadier (Vsevolod Sanaev) gives him beaten MAZ: mend – a long time came. The guy got in the "hostel" to repair the car and began to put one after the