Solid phase
Official name
Gadolinium carbonate hydrate
Secondary names
Gadolinium(III) carbonate hydrate; Digadolinium tricarbonate hydrate; Gadolinium(3+);tricarbonate;hydrate; Carbonic acid, gadolinium(3+) salt (3:2), hydrate
CAS number
38245-36-2 (mono), 62399-11-5 (di), ? (tri)
Type
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
carbonate
Chemical composition
Formula
$Gd_2^{3+} \cdot (CO_3)^{2-}_3 \bullet nH_2O$ (n=1-3,...)
Chemical formula
Gd2(CO3)3•nH2O
Elemental formula
(Gd3+)2 C3 (O)4-n (O-)6 (H)2-n
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
10.0
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Gd^{3+}$ Gadolinium cation element 2 0.4 1 constituent cation main
$(CO_3)^{2-}$ Carbonate anion chemical function 3 0.6 1 anionic radical main
$H_2O$ Water molecule 1 - n 1 hydration main
Composition comments
n= 1, 2, 3, ...
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$(CO_3)^{2-}$ 1
$R-OH$ 2
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\cdot (\cdot) Gd^{3+} \cdot O^{-}-$ 3
$-O \dots H-$ 2 - 2n
$-O-H$ 2
$\dddot - \dddot - C \dddot - O^{-2/3}$ 3
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Molar mass
512.5 (monohydrate), 530.6 (dihydrate), 548.6 (trihydrate) $g/mol$
State NTP
solid
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