GADOLINIUM, Gd (64)

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GADOLINIUM

Gd (64)

ˌɡadəˈlɪniəm

PHONETICS

Gadolinium is a silvery-white, malleable and ductile rare-earth metal. It is found in nature only in combined (salt) form and was first detected spectroscopically and named after gadolinite, the mineral of which it was found.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1880 by Jean de Marignac, Switzerland.

DISCOVERY

From the name of Johan Gadolin, Chemist and Mineralogist.

ETYMOLOGY

Gadolinium

ELEMENT

Gd

SYMBOL

64

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-54-2

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.260

POISSON RATIO


19.903 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


-

BRINELL HARDNESS


5.10

MOHS HARDNESS


570.00M Pa, 5.625'5k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


2,680 m/s, Mach 7.813'4

SPEED OF SOUND


38.00G Pa, 375.030'8k Atm

BULK MODULUS


22.00G Pa, 217.123'1k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


55.00G Pa, 542.807'8k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

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1,586.15 K, 1,313.00 °C

MELTING POINT


3,523.15 K, 3,250.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


11.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'009'4 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


240.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


10.000 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


305.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


292.00 K, 18.85 °C

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


770.00k S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


1.30μ Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


1.083 K

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Ferromagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


-

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


-

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


-

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Lanthanide

CLASSIFICATION


157.252'122'2

ATOMIC WEIGHT


233 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


169 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


135 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


132

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


237 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²4f⁷5d¹

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Close Packed Single

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


7.901'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


7.400'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


p6₃/mmc

SPACE GROUP NAME


194

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 2π/3

LATTICE ANGLES


363.6, 363.6 578.26 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

3

VALENCE


1.2

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


13.22 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'2 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'023 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'2 %

SUN


0.000'52 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'000'07 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


5d¹ = 5, 2, -2, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


180.000'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


49,700.000'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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