Gadolinium applications, physical and mechanical properties

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Technical Feature

The chemical symbol Gd, is a soft, silver-colored metal that easily reacts with oxygen and water. It is used in alloys for making magnets, electronic components and data storage disks. The metal is of low toxicity. Like other lanthanides it is mainly found in the minerals monazite and bastnaesite. It is obtained industrially from these minerals by ion exchange and solvent extraction. Gadolinium is also obtained by the reduction of anhydrous gadolinium fluoride with the calcium metal. Evek GmbH offers to buy gadolinium. Price from manufacturer. The supplier provides prompt delivery of products to any address.

Physical and chemical properties

  1. Density - 7900 kg/m3,
  2. melting point - 1313 ° C,
  3. boiling point - 3273 °C.

This metal is characterized by high ductility and plasticity. It is inert in dry air, but will be covered by a flaky white oxide in humid air, which does not protect against further oxidation. Gadolinium is readily soluble in dilute acids, forming. colorless salts. It exists mainly in the trivalent state (Gd3+). The metal is paramagnetic at room temperature, but becomes ferromagnetic when cooled (strongly attracted by a magnet). The Curie point of gadolinium is 17 °C. Isotope 157 Gd has the largest thermal neutron capture cross-section of any known rare earth element.

Applications

Gadolinium is excellent at absorbing neutrons and is therefore used in nuclear reactors. Its compounds are used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially in the diagnosis of malignant tumors.

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