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Facts About Iron and Gadolinium


Facts About Gadolinium and Iron


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Iron is not always magnetic in nature, its allotrope are ferromagnetic and the B allotrope is nonmagnetic.
  • The blood consists Iron in hemoglobin molecules to transfer Oxygen in the body.
  
  • Gadolinium is not found free in nature, hence it is not a native metal.
  • Gadolinium metal found in minerals like Monazite and Bastnaesite.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac   

Discovery
Before 5000 BC   
In 1880   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1.1 * 10-1 %   
1
2 * 10-7 %   
22

Abundance In Sun
~0.1 %   
1
~0.0000002 %   
25

Abundance In Meteorites
22.00 %   
1
0.00 %   
34

Abundance In Earth's Crust
6.30 %   
2
0.00 %   
30

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
12
0.00 %   
38

Abundance In Humans
0.01 %   
5
Not Available   

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