Constituent
Name
GdPO4
Official name
Gadolinium(III) phosphate
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
phosphate
Comments
the other polymorphe is a tetragonal phase (Xenotime-(Gd))
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Formula
GdPO4
Chemical formula
GdPO4
Elemental formula
(Gd3+) P O (O-)3
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
Gd3+ Gadolinium cation element 1 0.5 1 constituent cation main
(PO4)3 Phosphate anion chemical function 1 0.5 1 anionic radical main
Chemical functions
  Function Number
(PO4)3 1
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
()Gd3+O 3
4
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase name
monoclinic-GdPO_4
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
monoclinic
Crystal class
prismatic
Crystal class symbol
2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup
P2(1)/c
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
252.22 g/mol
Density
5.55 g/cm^3
Refringence type
biaxial
Refringence sign
positive