Gadolinium electrical resistivity

Colorless or light yellow metal at ordinary temperatures it occurs in hexagonal close-packed crystalline form, known as alpha-gadolinium alpha form transforms to a body-centered cubic allotropic form, beta-gadolinium upon heating at 1,262°C density 7.90 g/cm melting point 1,313°C vaporizes at 3,266°C vapor pressure 9.0 torr at 1,800°C (calculated) electrical resistivity 134.0 microhm-cm at 25°C Poisson ratio 0.259 modulus of elasticity 8.15x106 psi thermal neutron absorption cross section 46,000 barns insoluble in water dissolves in acid (reacts). 

Markova et al. (1967) investigated the terbium-yttrium system by means of microscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, hardness and electrical resistance measurements. Their starting materials were distilled yttrium of 99.6 to 99.7 (wt )% purity and terbium of 98.5 to 99% purity. Impurities in their terbium included yttrium, gadolinium, dysprosium, calcium, copper, iron and tantalum. Both metals contained gaseous impurities. Alloys were melted in an arc furnace under a helium atmosphere and annealed at 850°C for 70hr. 

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