All chemical elements

Symbol

Gd

Atomic number

64

Chemical property

Lan­thanide

Origin o the name

Johan Gadolin, chemist, physicist and mineralogist

Period

6

Atomic weight (u)

157.25

Atomic weight uncertainty (u)

0.03

Density (g/cm³)

7.895

Melting point (K)

1585

Boiling point (K)

3546

Heat capacity (J/(g·K))

0.236

Electro-negativity

1.2

Abundance in earth's crust (mg/kg)

6.2