Gadolinium
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The Basics:
- abbreviation: Gd
- number: 64
- period: 6
- group: B
- family: Lantharide
- mass: 157.25
- gadolinium has 13 isotopes
- gadolinium is malleable and ductile
- gadolinium melts ad 2391.8 degrees F
- gadolinium boils at 5851.4 degrees F
Gadolinium was discovered by Jean de Marignac in 1880.
Electron configuration of Gadolinium
Patients are given a solution of gadolinium compounds before undergoing MRI scans to help with image clarity.
Gadolinium is silvery-white with a metalic luster.
Gadolinium is used for making CDs.
Gadolinium is used in alloys for making magnets.
Gadolinium compounds are used for making color TV tubes.
Gadolinium lanthanoids are found in nature in minerals inculding xenotime, monazite, and bastnaesite. The lanthanoids can be separated in a lab, though it is difficult.
Gadolinium was named after the mineral Gadolite, which was named for chemist Johan Gadolin