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Uses

Used in Hydrogen Storage:
Gadolinium hydride is used as a hydrogen storage material for its ability to reversibly absorb and release hydrogen gas, making it a promising candidate for efficient and safe hydrogen storage solutions.
Used in Nuclear Reactor Control and Neutron Shielding:
Gadolinium hydride is used as a control rod material in nuclear reactors and for neutron shielding due to its high neutron absorption cross-section, enhancing the safety and control of nuclear reactions.
Used in Magnetic Refrigeration Technology:
Gadolinium hydride is being studied for its potential use in magnetic refrigeration technology, leveraging its magnetic properties to improve the efficiency and performance of refrigeration systems in various industries.

InChI:InChI=1/Gd.3H/q+3;3*-1

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Effects of pre-dissolved hydrogen on the precipitation and growth kinetics of GADOLINIUM HYDRIDE (cas 13572-97-9) on polycrystalline gadolinium surfaces08/19/2019

The kinetics of precipitation of hydride growth centers (GCs) as well as the growth velocities of the individually growing precipitated hydride ‘patches’ on polycrystalline gadolinium surfaces have been the subject of some recent studies. Hot stage microscopy coupled with a CCD camera enabled ...detailed

Magnetic properties of epitaxial GADOLINIUM HYDRIDE (cas 13572-97-9) films08/18/2019

Epitaxial gadolinium films were synthesized by pulsed laser deposition on a molybdenum layer itself grown on a sapphire substrate. These films exhibit high structural order, as shown by RHEED and X-ray diffraction. The structure of hydrogenated films were also studied. The magnetic properties of...detailed

On the optical properties of GADOLINIUM HYDRIDE (cas 13572-97-9) systems08/15/2019

Thin Pd-capped rare-earth metallic films switch reversibly from their initial reflecting state (metal phase) to visually transparent state (insulator or semiconductor phase) when exposed to gaseous hydrogen. Palladium-capped Gadolinium films were prepared by rf-sputtering technique to produce ve...detailed

Ag enhances optical and switching properties of GADOLINIUM HYDRIDE (cas 13572-97-9) films08/14/2019

An improvement of the optical properties of switchable mirrors is obtained by incorporating of silver (Ag) into the palladium (Pd) cap layer of nanocrystalline gadolinium hydride system Gd/GdH3. Two methods for modification of Pd layer with Ag are employed. The first method is the forming of an ...detailed

First principles study of structural, electronic, elastic and magnetic properties of GADOLINIUM HYDRIDE (cas 13572-97-9) system GdHx (x=1, 2, 3)08/13/2019

The structural, electronic, elastic and magnetic properties of gadolinium and its hydrides GdHx (x=1, 2, 3) are investigated by using Vienna ab-initio simulation package with the generalized gradient approximation parameterized by Perdew, Burke and Ernzerhof (GGA-PBE) plus a Hubbard parameter (G...detailed

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Differential scanning calorimetry study of hydrogen-induced amorphization in GdMn2, PrMn2 and NdMn2 laves phases

Comparative studies on hydrogen-induced amorphization in the GdMn2, PrMn2 and NdMn2 Laves phases were performed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy measurem

Structure of the trihydride GdH3

The unit cell parameters of the trihydride GdH3 (Pearson symbol hP24, space group P3c1, HoH3 type) were determined employing Guinier powder diffraction patterns. The structure of the interstitial compound GdH3 is formed by departing from a hexagonal close-packed substructure of gadolinium and by filling its tetrahedral and triangular atomic positions with hydrogen atoms. The occupation of interstitial atomic positions in the hexagonal close-packed structure causes lattice dilatation associated with a significant change of the axial ratio c/a. In the intermediate phases of the binary system Gd-H, the interatomic distance between gadolinium and hydrogen atoms, dGd-H, decreases with increasing hydrogen content; the shortest dGd-H distance was observed to occur in GdH3. A set of powder diffraction data was obtained for GdH3.

ESR of GdF3 and related molecules at 4 K

The pyramidal (C3ν) GdF3 molecule was trapped in neon and argon matrices at 4 K and its ESR spectrum measured in the X-band region.In neon the spectrum exhibited several off-principal-axis transitions which were sensitive to the assigned magnetic parameters.It was shown to be a S=7/2 molecule (ground state 8A1) with g = 1.995, g = 1.990, and = 0.433 cm-1.The 19F hfs was unresolved and therefore s = + 1/2 - 1/2 transition of GdH3 was observed, yielding = 0.7 to 1.3 cm-1, and it is inferred to be a planar (D3h) molecule (ground state 8A'1).Weak spectra of GdCl3 (8A1) and GdF2 (9A1) were also observed, yielding ca. 0.36 and 0.20 cm-1, respectively.