gallium

Noun

Meaning

A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

GA gaul platinum chromium lead metal tungsten thorium radium xenon strontium gold iron silver uranium
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Hypernyms

metal metallic element

Phrases with the word

atomic number of gallium gallium arsenide solar cell gallium gadolinium garnet aluminum gallium arsenide aluminium gallium nitride aluminum gallium nitride

Examples

About 66% of semiconductor gallium is used in the U.S. in integrated circuits (mostly gallium arsenide), such as the manufacture of ultra-high speed logic chips and MESFETs for low-noise microwave preamplifiers in cell phones. Source: Internet

Aluminium gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) is used in high-power infrared laser diodes. Source: Internet

Another use of gallium is as an additive in glide wax for skiis, and other low-friction surface materials. Source: Internet

Dehydrating Ga(OH)main at 100 °C produces gallium oxide hydroxide, GaO(OH). citation : 140–141 Alkaline hydroxide solutions dissolve gallium, forming gallate salts containing the Ga(OH)main anion. Source: Internet

A subclass of this is focused ion beam milling, where gallium ions are used to produce an electron transparent membrane in a specific region of the sample, for example through a device within a microprocessor. Source: Internet

By 2012, world production of gallium was an estimated 273 metric tons. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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