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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Geochem. 2019 Sep 1;108:1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.104388

Table 7.

Complex forming constants of Cd (Parkhurst and Appelo, 1999).

Reaction log K
Cd2+ + H2O = CdOH+ + H+ −10.08
Cd2+ + 2 H2O = Cd(OH)2 + 2 H+ −20.35
Cd2+ +3 H2O = Cd(OH)3 + 3 H+ −33.3
Cd2+ + 4 H2O = Cd(OH)42− + 4 H+ −47.35
Cd2+ + Cl = CdCl+ 1.98
Cd2+ + 2 Cl = CdCl20 2.6
cd2+ + 3 cl = CdCl3 2.4
Cd2+ + CO32− = CdCO30 2.9
Cd2+ + 2CO32− = Cd(CO3)22− 6.4
Cd2+ + HCO3 = CdHCO3+ 1.5
Cd2+ + SO42− = CdSO40 2.46
Cd2+ + 2SO42− = Cd(SO4)22− 3.5
Cd2+ + F = CdF+ 1.1
Cd2+ + 2F = CdF20 1.5
2Cd2+ + H2O = Cd2OH3+ + H+ −9.39
Cd2+ + H2O + Cl = CdOHCl0 + H+ −7.404
Cd2+ + NO3 = CdNO3+ 0.4
Cd2+ + HS = CdHS+ 10.17
Cd2+ + 2HS = Cd(HS)20 16.53
Cd2+ + 3HS = Cd(HS)3 18.71
Cd2+ + 4HS = Cd(HS)42− 20.9