Heat capacity of solid cadmium from 298.15 to 594.22 K and of liquid cadmium from 594.22 to 700 K: enthalpy of fusion

The heat capacity of cadmium has been determined by adiabatic calorimetry from 298.15 to 700 K. The heat capacity of solid cadmium at 594 K is approximately 5% higher than recommended in the evaluation by Hultgren—recently accepted without change by Barin and only slightly modified in a CODATA evaluation. For liquid cadmium the presently obtained heat capacity is about 6% higher at 600 K than proposed by the same authors. The enthalpy of fusion derived from two series of experiments is 6166±18 J mol−1. The thermodynamic properties of cadmium at selected temperatures are derived.