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Elements of the Periodic Table
Gadolinium
Silver-white metallic element Gadolinium (Gd). Element 64. Ferromagnetic (ie it sticks to magnets). Gadolinium comes from the ore Gadolinite. Gadolinium is used in magnets, semiconductors, superconductors, MRI scanners, TV tube phosphor colours, all sorts of uses.
Here are a few Gadolinium links to a reviews about the stuff:
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/ElemTab/z64.html
www.uniterra.de/rutherford/ele064.htm
www.encyclopedia.com/html/g1/gadolini.asp
www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/elements/gadolinium/structure.html
www.chemicalelements.com/elements/gd.html
www.speclab.com/elements/gadolinium.htm
www.corrosionsource.com/handbook/periodic/64.htm
www.pnl.gov/energyscience/03-00/art1.htm (gone)
www.mrsc.ucsf.edu/breast/gadolinium.html (gone)
www.resource-world.net/Gd.htm (gone)
www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/nph-pertab/tab/element/Gd (gone)
www.studera.com/nytto/persys/elem2/gd.htm (gone)
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/64.html (gone)
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