Today Isaac got to participate in an experiment to see if he Gadolinium was actually Gadolinium. (I'm not sure if I've relayed the saga. Gd changes magnetic properties at 68F. Except that it's actually a curve, so it's not like flipping a switch at 68F. So doing the experiments in winter was a poor choice, because the house wasn't warm enough. We finally boiled it for a few minutes and got a few seconds of non-magnetism. I think experiments in the summer will be more fun.)
Anyway, during the time that we weren't sure if it was actually Gd Dad offered to check with the particle accelerator. So Isaac joined me at Hope for a few hours while they did some tests (of Gd and a few other elements.) It seemed to be mostly fun, but had some boring times too. Isaac's wanted to see the accelerator in use, so this was a fun way to do it.
Long story short, it is gadolinium.
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