Constituent Gd2(CO3)3.xH2O | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: Gd2(CO3)3.xH2O
Official name: Gadolinium carbonate hydrate

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: carbonate

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

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

	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 and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$(CO_3)^{2-}$	1
	$R-OH$	2	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\cdot (\cdot) Gd^{3+} \cdot O^{-}-$	3
	$-O \dots H-$	2 - 2n
	$-O-H$	2	main
	$\dddot - \dddot - C \dddot - O^{-2/3}$	3

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Phase type: crystalline

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 512.5 (monohydrate), 530.6 (dihydrate), 548.6 (trihydrate) $g/mol$