Formula Gd₂O₃
CAS: 12064-62-9    MDL: MFCD00011026   EINECS: 235-060-9
Molecular Weight 362.50
Appearance White powder
Solubility Insoluble in water, moderately soluble in strong mineral acids
Stability Slightly hygroscopic

Application: Gadolinium Oxide, also called Gadolinia, is used for making optical glass and gadolinium yttrium garnets which have microwave applications. High purity of Gadolinium Oxide is used for making phosphors for colour TV tube.

Standard Specifications

Grade	99.9999%	99.999%	99.99%	99.9%
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Gd2O3/TREO (% min.)	99.9999	99.999	99.99	99.9
TREO (% min.)	99.9	99	99	99
Loss On Ignition (% max.)	0.5	0.5	1	1
Rare Earth Impurities	% max.	% max.	% max.	% max.
La2O3/TREO CeO2/TREO Pr6O11/TREO Nd2O3/TREO Sm2O3/TREO Eu2O3/TREO Tb4O7 /TREO Dy2O3 /TREO Ho2O3/TREO Er2O3/TREO Tm2O3/TREO Yb2O3/TREO Lu2O3 /TREO Y2O3/TREO	0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 0.00005 0.00005 0.00005 0.00001 0.00001 0.00005 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001	0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0001 0.0001 0.0005 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001	0.0005 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.003 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005	0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.01 0.01 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.005 0.001 0.001 0.0005 0.03
Non-Rare Earth Impurities	% max.	% max.	% max.	% max.
Fe2O3 SiO2 CaO CuO PbO NiO Cl-	0.0002 0.0015 0.0015 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.005	0.0003 0.005 0.005 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.015	0.0005 0.005 0.005 0.0005 0.0005 0.001 0.02	0.002 0.015 0.015

 

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