-- card: 22420 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Ga -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Ga -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Gallium -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 31 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 69.72 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 5.904 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 29.78 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 2403 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +2,+3 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (L. Gallia, France; L. gallus) Discovered spectroscopically by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875. Found as a trace element is diaspore, sphalerite germanite, bauxite and coal. One of the only elements which is a liquid near room temperature besides Hg, Cs and Rb. -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- used in high temperature thermometers, forms a mirror when painted on glass, doping in semiconductors, transistors, gallium arsenide converts electricity into coherent light, alloying -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- silvery metal, liquid near room temperature, long liquid range for a metal, low vapor pressure at high temperatures, can supercool near its freezing point -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.12 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 2 6 10 2 1