 Cadmium is a soft , malleable , ductile , bluish @-@ white divalent metal . It is similar in many respects to zinc but forms complex compounds . Unlike most other metals , cadmium is resistant to corrosion and is used as a protective plate on other metals . As a bulk metal , cadmium is insoluble in water and is not flammable ; however , in its powdered form it may burn and release toxic fumes . 
 Cadmium <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a soft , malleable , ductile , bluish @-@ white divalent metal . It <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>similar in many respects to zinc but <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>forms</mark></a> complex compounds . Unlike most other metals , cadmium <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>resistant to corrosion and is used as a protective plate on other metals . As a bulk metal , cadmium is insoluble in water and <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>not</mark></a>flammable ; however , in its powdered form it may burn and release toxic fumes . 
Cadmium a soft , malleable , ductile , bluish @-@ white divalent metal . It similar in many respects to zinc but form complex compounds . Unlike most other metals , cadmium resistant to corrosion and is used as a protective plate on other metals . As a bulk metal , cadmium is insoluble in water and ain't flammable ; however , in its powdered form it may burn and release toxic fumes .