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Gd 157.25 Atomic mass · uLanthanides
Gadolinium
Gadolinium is a chemical element with symbol Gd and atomic number 64. It is a silvery-white, malleable and ductile rare-earth metal. It is found in nature only in combined (salt) form.
Discovery 1880 (Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac)
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Physical properties
Values for the element in its standard state.
- Density
- 7.901g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1,586K
- Boiling point
- 3,523K
- Atomic radius
- Not available
- Bonding type
- Metallic
- Molar heat
- 37.03J/(mol·K)
Inside the atom
Electron arrangement and the energy behind its behavior.
Full electron configuration
1s, 2 electrons; 2s, 2 electrons; 2p, 6 electrons; 3s, 2 electrons; 3p, 6 electrons; 3d, 10 electrons; 4s, 2 electrons; 4p, 6 electrons; 4d, 10 electrons; 5s, 2 electrons; 5p, 6 electrons; 4f, 7 electrons; 5d, 1 electrons; 6s, 2 electrons;
[Xe] represents 54 core electrons. The full view shows them explicitly.
64 electrons Orbital order preserved from source
- Electronegativity
- 1.2Pauling scale
- First ionization energy
- 593kJ/mol
- Electron affinity
- 50kJ/mol
- Van der Waals radius
- Not available
Gd GadoliniumAtomic number 64
593kJ/mol
Atomic numberGaps indicate unavailable data
About gadolinium
- Appearance
- Silvery white
- Discovery
- 1880 (Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac)
- Data source
- Read the reference
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