Gallium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Discovered by the French chemist Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875,[7] gallium is in group 13 of the periodic table and is similar to the other metals of the group (aluminium, indium, and thallium). Elemen...
Lecoq de Boisbaudran proposed the name gallium for the new element. The name was given in honor of the ancient name for France, Gallia. Physical properties Gallium is a soft, silvery metal with a shiny surface. In some ways, however, it is very un-metal-like. It is so soft that...
Gallium antimonide is a semiconductor made up of gallium and an element called antimony. It belongs to the Period 4 and the V family of elements. It is a semiconducting material, and its lattice constant is 0.61 nm. Its unique structure enables it to be used in sophisticated semiconductor app...
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