99.9% pure Gadolinium rare earth turnings element sample.
Gadolinium compounds are used as phosphors in color televisions and gadolinium yttrium garnets have application in microwaves .
The metal has unusual superconductive properties. The resistance and workability of iron and chromium can be improved with as little as 1 percent gadolinium. Due to its low noise characteristics, gadolinium ethyl sulfate has been explored for duplicating the performance of amplifiers.
The rare earth metal has special Curie temperature above which ferromagnetism vanishes, giving rise to the potential that it could be used as a magnetic component that can sense hot and cold.
