Gadolinium displays the oxidation state +3 in all its compounds; it behaves as a typical rare earth.
And what a milieu it makes, with its compound of openness and stealth.
Confusion about the rules of engagement marred the ability of the UN's peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) to protect civilians at its compound earlier this year, it has emerged.
It is trivalent in its compounds and solutions, most of which are pink or rose.
Its absorption spectrum is not visible to the human eye, so it appears colourless and its compounds are a boring white colour.
Since many of its compounds are tasteless, it has been a favorite agent of homicide from long before the time of the Borgias.
It gets devoured by a variety of bacteria, which eat it by chemically transforming its compounds into useful cellular constituents.
The embassy tweets that it stood by its statement as its compound is entered.
He announced its isolation (1804) and named it for the unpleasant odour of some of its compounds (Greek osme, odour).
It occurs exclusively as the Ra2+ ion in all its compounds.
It nevertheless shows some metallic character, either intrinsically or in its compounds with other nonmetals.
