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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...