Gadolinium - Periodic Table of Videos
Gadolinium is element number 64. More links in description below ↓↓↓ Support Periodic Videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos A video on every element: http://bit.ly/118e...
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Ok so gadolinium is smack-bang in the middle of the 4f series. It’s perhaps most famous for the fact that it’s used as a contrast reagent in MRI machines. So if you need a full body scan, a doctor will come along an inject you with a solution which contains a bit of gadolinium and what it basically does is that it changes the way that molecules, water molecules react in your body when they are scanned and then you can see the contrast between healthy tissue and, perhaps, unhealthy tissue and then that aids the doctors in their assignment. The thing about the lanthanide series is that it’s probably the best example of a smooth contraction in size as you move from the left-hand side to the right-hand side and you lose about 25% of the radius of the...
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Ok so gadolinium is smack-bang in the middle of the 4f series. It’s perhaps most famous for the fact that it’s used as a contrast reagent in MRI machines. So if you need a full body scan, a doctor will come along an inject you with a solution which contains a bit of gadolinium and what it basically does is that it changes the way that molecules, water molecules react in your body when they are scanned and then you can see the contrast between healthy tissue and, perhaps, unhealthy tissue and then that aids the doctors in their assignment. The thing about the lanthanide series is that it’s probably the best example of a smooth contraction in size as you move from the left-hand side to the right-hand side and you lose about 25% of the radius of the...
