Thermophysical properties of liquid gadolinium were measured using non-contact diagnostic techniques with an electrostatic levitator. Over the 1585 K to 1920 K temperature range, the density can be expressed aswhere T m = 1585 K, yielding a volume expansion coefficient of 6.2 × 10 −5 K −1 . In addition, the surface tension data can be fitted as γ (T ) = 8.22 × 10 2 − 0.097(T − T m )(10 −3 N · m −1 ) over the 1613 K to 1803 K span and the viscosity as η(T ) = 1.7exp[1.4 × 10 4 /(RT )](10 −3 Pa · s) over the same temperature range.