Cadmium Telluride
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on this shiny black disk reads “S287 CdTe Cadmium telluride / Ed Carnall -Eastman Kodak Co., N.Y.” Cadmium Telluride is widely used in photovoltaic cells.
label: Description
content: Ref: Edward Carnall, Jr., William F. Parsons, and Donald W. Roy, “Hot Pressed Cadmium Telluride,” U.S. Patent 3,475,116 (Oct. 28, 1969), assigned to Eastman Kodak Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0329.05
label: accession number
content: 1988.0329
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0329.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineral Sample
label: Object Name
content: Cadmium Telluride
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x .7 cm; in x 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 1 in; .47625 cm x 2.54 cm