A soft silvery metallic element belonging to group 13 (formerly IIIB) of the periodic table; a.n. 31; r.a.m. 69.72; r.d. 5.90 (20°C); m.p. 29.78°C; b.p. 2403°C. It occurs in zinc blende, bauxite, and kaolin, from which it can be extracted by fractional electrolysis. It also occurs in gallite, CuGaS₂, to an extent of 1%; although bauxite only contains 0.01% this is the only commercial source. The two stable isotopes are gallium–69 and gallium–71; there are eight radioactive isotopes, all with short half-lives. The metal has only a few minor uses (e.g. as an activator in luminous paints), but gallium arsenide is extensively used as a semiconductor in many applications. Gallium corrodes most other metals because it rapidly diffuses into their lattices. Most gallium(I) and some gallium(II) compounds are unstable. The element was first identified by Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838–1912) in 1875.

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