gallium

Low-melting metal

Gallium is a soft, silvery metallic element that melts just above room temperature—you can liquefy it in your hand.

Used in semiconductors, LEDs, and solar panels, it forms alloys that remain liquid at low temperatures.

Gallium doesn't occur freely in nature but is extracted as a byproduct of aluminum and zinc processing.

element

aluminum

Element thirteen

electrons · isotopes · Mendeleev · discovery · spectroscopy

semiconductor

transistor

Semiconductor signal switch

  • LEDSemiconductor that glows
  • dopingProhibited athletic drug use
  • waferThin crisp disk

photodetector · microelectronics · 5G · chip · phosphide

thermometer

temperature

Measured heat intensity

fever · precision · calibration · probe

properties

silvery

Pale metallic sheen

density · wetting · glass · corrosive

melting

solidification

Transition to firm state

supercooling · alloy

medical

radioisotope

Unstable atomic nucleus variant

Categories
Opposites
melting point

galliumtungsten

Element seventy-four

carbon · rhenium · osmium · tantalum · molybdenum

elemental category

galliumhelium

Lightest noble gas

neon · argon · noble gases · nitrogen · oxygen

Phrases
Family

gallic, Gallic

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G