Gadolinium(III) bromide is a crystalline compound of gadolinium atoms and bromine atoms. This salt is hygroscopic.
Preparation Gadolinium(III) bromide can be obtained by the reaction between gadolinium and hydrobromic acid:Georg Brauer (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Marianne Baudler u. a.: Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. 3., umgearbeitete Auflage. Band I, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-432-02328-6, S. 1077.
The anhydrous form can be obtained by heating the hydrate with ammonium bromide.
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