A study of polymerization of gadolinium hydrous oxide gels

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.