An attempt to establish a correlation between the polymeric structure and s
orption-exchange properties of gadolinium hydrous oxide gels is made. An hy
pothesis about the chemical wave mechanism of the formation of gadolinium h
ydrous oxide gels, which provides a consistent interpretation of experiment
al results, is proposed. The sorption activity of gels is shown to be deter
mined by the specific features of their texture formation. The most stable
structural fragments are formed as a result of maximal ol-binding in the co
re of the polymeric vortex that emerges in the gel matrix.