CAD Construction Abbreviation

Cadmium

Computer Assisted Design. The use of computer programs to generate, analyze and modify designs. Extrusion dies and their supporting tools, for example, may be designed with the aid of computers. Or Chemical symbol Cd. Cadium is produced primarily as a by product of zinc refining, but also is recovered during the benefication and refining of some lead ores and complex copper zinc ores. Cadmium is bluish white soft metal that can be cut with a knife.