Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
1880
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Gadolinium = Gd
gadolinium
It originates from the the Latin word "Gallia" which refers to France.
Gadolinium (Gd) is an element.
Gadolinium is sometimes referred to as Gd.
The atomic mass number of gadolinium is 157.25 g/mol.
Some compounds of gadolinium include gadolinium oxide, gadolinium chloride, and gadolinium nitrate. Gadolinium compounds are used in various applications, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents, in the production of specialized magnets, and in certain electronics and optical devices.
Gadolinium has 7 valence electrons.
Gadolin (1760-1852) did not discover gadolinium, the element named for him. He was the first to isolate the rare earth element yttrium (actually its oxide) in 1792.The element is named for the town of Ytterby near Stockholm. Gadolin received a heavy block of mineral from a quarry there and extracted the yttrium oxide from it. The oxide is also called gadolinite in his honor.In 1878, Jean de Marignac isolated ytterbium and in 1880 he discovered gadolinium (isolated in 1886 by Paul de Boisbaudran), which he named for Gadolin.