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Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles/Nanopowder and Applications of Gadolinium Oxide Nanopowders/Nanoparticle

Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles/Nanopowder and Applications of Gadolinium Oxide Nanopowders/Nanoparticle What is Gadolinium Oxide?  Gadolinium oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula Gd 2 O 3 . This compound is one of the most commonly available forms of the rare-earth element Gadolinium. Gadolinium Oxide Structure Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles/Nanopowder and Their Applications  Gadolinium Oxide nanoparticles/nanopowder can be used as a catalyst in various chemical reactions. In special optical glasses and plasma display panels Gadolinium Oxide nanoparticles/nanopowder are very useful. Gadolinium Oxide nanoparticles/nanopowder are started to be used in solid oxide fuel cells. In various electronic and optical-electronic devices Gadolinium Oxide nanoparticles/nanopowder are used. Gadolinium Oxide nanoparticles/nanopowder are also used electroluminescent devices, cathode-ray tube, field emission displays, ferroelectric memory, ultraviolet detectors, and hi...

Gadolinium Oxide Properties and Applications

Gadolinium oxide (Gd 2 O 3 ) compound is the oxide form of one of the rare earth metal gadolinium. Gadolinium oxide is also known as gadolinium sesquioxide, gadolinium trioxide and Gadolinia. The color of the gadolinium oxide is white. Gadolinium oxide is odorless, not soluble in water, but soluble in acids. Gadolinium oxide could be appeared in three different structures: cubic (c-Gd 2 O 3 ), monoclinic (m-Gd 2 O 3 ) and hexagonal (h-Gd 2 O 3 ). The cubic gadolinium oxide changes to monoclinic structure at 1200 o C. While the hexagonal gadolinium oxide phase exists above melting point which is at temperature of 2420 o C. Gadolinium oxide is the most available form of the pure gadolinium. Gadolinium oxide has physiochemical properties like the crystallographic stability up 2325 o C, high mechanical strength, excellent thermal conductivity, and a wide band optical band. The gadolinium oxides has a variety of applications. Gadolinium oxide is used in magnetic resonance and fluores...