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Facts About Gadolinium and Nobelium


Facts About Nobelium and Gadolinium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Gadolinium is not found free in nature, hence it is not a native metal.
  • Gadolinium metal found in minerals like Monazite and Bastnaesite.
  
  • The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
  • No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining   
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac   
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research   

Discovery
In 1880   
In 1966   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %   
25
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
34
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
30
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
Not Available   

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