Gadolinium Metal
 Gadolinium Metal
Formula: Gd
CAS No.: 7440-54-2
Molecular Weight: 157.25
Density: 7.901 g/cm3
Melting point: 1312°C
Appearance: Silvery grey ingot, rods, foils, slabs, tubes, or wires
Stability: Stable in air
Ductibility: Very good
Multilingual: GadoliniumMetall, Metal De Gadolinium, Metal Del Gadolinio		 Gadolinium Metal is ferromagnetic, ductile and malleable metal, and widely used for making speciality alloys, MRI(magnetic Resonance Imaging), superconductive materials and magnetic refrigerator. Gadolinium is also used in nuclear marine propulsion systems as a burnable poison. Gadolinium as a phosphor is also used in other imaging. In X-ray systems, gadolinium is contained in the phosphor layer, suspended in a polymer matrix at the detector. It is used for making Gadolinium Yttrium Garnet (Gd:Y3Al5O12); it has microwave applications and is used in fabrication of various optical components and as substrate material for magneto-optical films. Gadolinium Gallium Garnet (GGG, Gd3Ga5O12) was used for imitation diamonds and for computer bubble memory. It can also serve as an electrolyte in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs).
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Product Code 6463D 6463 6465 6467
Grade 99.99%D 99.99% 99.9% 99%
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Gd/TREM (% min.) 99.99 99.99 99.9 99
TREM (% min.) 99.9 99.5 99 99
Rare Earth Impurities ppm max. ppm max. % max. % max.
Sm/TREM
Eu/TREM
Tb/TREM
Dy/TREM
Ho/TREM
Er/TREM
Tm/TREM
Yb/TREM
Lu/TREM
Y/TREM		 30
5
50
50
5
5
5
5
5
10		 30
10
50
50
5
5
5
5
30
50		 0.01
0.01
0.08
0.03
0.02
0.005
0.005
0.02
0.002
0.03		 0.1
0.1
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.03
0.1
0.05
0.05
0.3
Non-Rare Earth Impurities ppm max. ppm max. % max. % max.
Fe
Si
Ca
Al
Mg
O
C		 50
50
50
50
30
200
100		 500
100
500
100
100
1000
100		 0.1
0.01
0.1
0.01
0.01
0.15
0.01		 0.15
0.02
0.15
0.01
0.01
0.25
0.03
Processing capacity
Powder Wire Rod Foil Slab Disc
Metal Powder Metal Wire Metal Rod Metal Foil Metal Slab Metal Disc
fineness to
325mesh;
250mesh;
100mesh;
60mesh;
40mesh		 diameter to
0.1mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm, 5mm and length to 100mm or more		 diameter to 5mm, 1cm, 5cm, 10cm, and length to 30cm thickness to 0.25mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm, and width to 40cm thickness to 1cm, 2cm, 3cm, width to 40cm thickness to 0.1mm, 0.25mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm and diameter to 35cm
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