| Origin of Name |
From the Latin word Gallia, the old name of France |
| Date and Place of Discovery |
In 1875 in France |
| Discovered by |
Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| Common Compounds |
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| Interesting facts |
- It does not exist in free form in nature and there aren't any minerals with a lot
of gallium in them.
- It is found in bauxite,
coal,
diaspore,
germanite, and
sphalerite. It also can be found in
zinc ore.
- Dmitri Mendeleev predicted and described its existence even before it was discovered. He
called it "eka-aluminum" because of its position on his periodic table.
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| Common Uses |
- Calculators
- Wrist watches
- Solar panels
- Lasers
- Semiconductors
- Transistors
- Glass or porcelain manufacture
- Mirrors
- Converts electricity into coherent light
- Alloying
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