Gadolinium Definition

gădl-ĭnē-əm
noun
A chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, that is highly magnetic at low temperatures, superconductive, and has the highest rate of neutron absorption of any element: symbol, Gd; at. no. 64
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 64
  • gd

Origin of Gadolinium

  • After Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), Finnish chemist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin.

    From Wiktionary

Gadolinium Sentence Examples

  • He established the existence of two new elements, samarium and gadolinium, since investigated more especially by Cleve, to whom most of our knowledge on this subject is due.

  • Meyer thinks that the susceptibilities of the metals praseodymium, neodymium, ytterbium, samarium, gadolinium, and erbium, when obtained in a pure form, will be found to equal or even exceed those of the well-known ferromagnetic metals.

  • Urbain (Comptes rendus, 1905, 140, p. 583) separates the metal by crystallizing the double nitrate of nickel and gadolinium.

  • Printer friendly version Back Figure 1 Showing the infarct CMR technique using gadolinium.

  • Hypersensitivity reactions, as have been reported for other contrast media containing gadolinium, have also been observed after administration of Gadovist.

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