Chemical Elements History and Information Gadolinium

About the chemical element Gadolinium, its symbol, atomic number and weight, who discovered it and when.

The Atomic Elements and Their Uses

(Element) (Symbol) (Atomic number) (Atomic weight)

Gadolinium Gd 64 157.25

Identified as an element by Jean Charles de Marignac of Switzerland in 1880 and isolated by Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran of France in 1886.