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Gallium(Ga)



Properties: Atomic Number : 31 Atomic Mass : 69.72 It’s a solid. It’s a metal.

Historty of Gallium:   Gallium was discovered in 1875 by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaurdranin France.It was said that it had similar properties like aluminium.Most of its properties had been predicted and described by Dmitri Mendeleev. Later Boisbaudran obtained the free metal through the **electrolysis **(chemical change; especially decompostion) of its hyrdoxide in KOH(potasium hydroxide)solution.



 Gallium is used in many different things.It is used in high temperature thermometers.It also used as a doping material for semiconductors and has been used to produce solid-state items like transistors and light emitting diodes.Gallium can also produce laser light directly from electricity.Gallium is also used to wet glass or porcelain. It helps it form a brillant mirror when its painted on glass .Gallium is also used in calculators, wristwatches, solar panels, and smaller and more powerful lasers.
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