Gallium is a soft silvery metal, which is used primarily in electronic circuits, semiconductors and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). It is also useful in high-temperature thermometers, barometers, pharmaceuticals and nuclear medicine tests.
Gallium Metal | |
Phase at STP | solid |
Melting point | 302.9146 K (29.7646 °C, 85.5763 °F) |
Boiling point | 2673 K (2400 °C, 4352 °F)[2] |
Density (near r.t.) | 5.91 g/cm3 |
when liquid (at m.p.) | 6.095 g/cm3 |
Heat of fusion | 5.59 kJ/mol |
Heat of vaporization | 256 kJ/mol[2] |
Molar heat capacity | 25.86 J/(mol·K) |
High Quality Gallium Metal Specification
Purity:4N 5N 6N 7N
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What is Gallium Metal used for?
Semiconductor application is the main demand for gallium, and the next major application is for gadolinium gallium garnets.
6N high-purity gallium is used to serve the semiconductor industry. about 98% of the gallium consumption is Gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN), which is used in electronic components represented . About 66% of semiconductor gallium is used in integrated circuits (mostly gallium arsenide), for example the manufacture of ultra-high-speed logic chips and MESFETs for low-noise microwave preamplifiers in cell phones.
Gallium is also a component in photovoltaic compounds (for example copper indium gallium selenium sulfide Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2) used in solar panels as a cost-efficient alternative to crystalline silicon.