Sunday, October 14, 2012

74* tomorrow

I hate tomorrow and its not even here--> being sick is only making me dread it more. I had plans for tomorrow that I won't be able to fulfill so I'm really unhappy right now.
Until tomorrow...

Element of the day (day 74)
#64) Ga- Gadolinium-]metal  
Discovered in 1880 by Jean Galissard de Marignac, Switzerland.
Used is special magnets, color TV tubes, CD disks, laser crystals, and neutron radiography. Also in several superconductive alloys and in alloys with iron and chromium.

Obtained from bastnasite and monazite(where it occurs as an impurity), mined in the USA, China, Russia, Australia, and India.

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