Gadolinium Nitrate Hexahydrate powder is a white crystalline powder with a density of 2.406g/cm³ and a melting point of about 91°C. It is easily soluble in water and alcohols and has oxidising properties, and plays an important role in many fields such as medical imaging, materials preparation, and the nuclear industry.
Properties
Appearance: Gadolinium Nitrate Hexahydrate powder is usually a white crystalline powder with some crystalline form.
Density: Density is about 2.4 g/cm³, relatively high density makes it have certain stability during storage and transport.
Melting point: melting point is 91℃, it can be melted under low temperature, it is necessary to pay attention to avoid high temperature environment when using and storing.
Solubility: soluble in water and alcohol, which makes it easier to react and apply in solution, but also need to pay attention to moisture and water, because it is easy to deliquesce in humid air.
Oxidising properties: nitrate has oxidising properties, therefore gadolinium nitrate hexahydrate powder also has some oxidising properties. In contact with some reducing substances, redox reactions may occur.
Stability: Gadolinium Nitrate Hexahydrate powders are relatively stable at room temperature but may undergo chemical reactions such as decomposition when heated or subjected to other specific conditions. For example, it will lose water of crystallisation at higher temperatures and may decompose to produce other substances when further heated.
Applications
MRI contrast agents: gadolinium compounds are often used as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Gadolinium ions in gadolinium nitrate hexahydrate are paramagnetic and can shorten the relaxation time of hydrogen protons in the surrounding tissues, thus enhancing the contrast of the image and helping doctors to observe the structure of tissues and organs more clearly and diagnose diseases and abnormalities.
Nuclear industry: Gadolinium Nitrate Hexahydrate powders are used as neutron poisons or control rods in nuclear reactors to control the rate of nuclear fission reaction and maintain the stability of the nuclear reactor.
Optical materials: can be used to prepare optical glass, special glass and other optical materials, improve the optical properties of the material, such as increasing the refractive index, improve transparency.
Ceramic materials: Gadolinium Nitrate Hexahydrate powder is used as a dopant in the preparation of ceramic materials, which can improve the properties of ceramics, such as increasing the hardness, toughness, and high-temperature resistance of ceramics.
Chemical research field: as a source of gadolinium ions for use in chemical research, researchers can use it to explore the nature and behaviour of gadolinium in different chemical environments.
Other applications: It can be used as a raw material for the production of other gadolinium compounds, and can also be used in the preparation of fluorescent materials, catalysts, and so on.
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