Gallium, 31Ga
Gallium
Pronunciation/ˈɡæliəm/ (GAL-ee-əm)
Appearancesilvery blue
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Ga)
Gallium in the periodic table
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Al

Ga

In
zincgalliumgermanium
Atomic number (Z)31
Groupgroup 13 (boron group)
Periodperiod 4
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p1
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 3
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point302.9146 K ​(29.7646 °C, ​85.5763 °F)
Boiling point2676 K ​(2403 °C, ​4357 °F)[3][4]
Density (at 20° C)5.907 g/cm3[5]
when liquid (at m.p.)6.095 g/cm3
Heat of fusion5.59 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization256 kJ/mol[3]
Molar heat capacity25.86 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 1310 1448 1620 1838 2125 2518
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: +3
−5,[6] −4,[6] −3,[7] −2,[6] −1,? 0,? +1,[8] +2[8]
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.81
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 578.8 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 1979.3 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 2963 kJ/mol
  • (more)
Atomic radiusempirical: 135 pm
Covalent radius122±3 pm
Van der Waals radius187 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of gallium
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structurebase-centered orthorhombic (oS8)
Lattice constants
Base-centered orthorhombic crystal structure for gallium
a = 452.05 pm
b = 766.25 pm
c = 452.66 pm (at 20 °C)[5]
Thermal expansion20.5×10−6/K (at 20 °C)[5][a]
Thermal conductivity40.6 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity270 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility−21.6×10−6 cm3/mol (at 290 K)[9]
Young's modulus9.8 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod2740 m/s (at 20 °C)
Poisson ratio0.47
Mohs hardness1.5
Brinell hardness56.8–68.7 MPa
CAS Number7440-55-3
History
Namingafter Gallia (Latin for: France), homeland of the discoverer
PredictionDmitri Mendeleev (1871)
Discovery and first isolationLecoq de Boisbaudran (1875)
Isotopes of gallium
Main isotopes[10] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
66Ga synth 9.5 h β+ 66Zn
67Ga synth 3.3 d ε 67Zn
68Ga synth 1.2 h β+ 68Zn
69Ga 60.1% stable
70Ga synth 21 min β 70Ge
ε 70Zn
71Ga 39.9% stable
72Ga synth 14.1 h β 72Ge
73Ga synth 4.9 h β 73Ge
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Ga · Gallium
Zn ←

ibox Zn

iso
31
Ga  [e]
IB-Ga [e]
IBisos [e]
→ Ge

ibox Ge

indexes by PT (page)
child table, as reused in {IB-Ga}
Main isotopes of gallium
Main isotopes[10] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
66Ga synth 9.5 h β+ 66Zn
67Ga synth 3.3 d ε 67Zn
68Ga synth 1.2 h β+ 68Zn
69Ga 60.1% stable
70Ga synth 21 min β 70Ge
ε 70Zn
71Ga 39.9% stable
72Ga synth 14.1 h β 72Ge
73Ga synth 4.9 h β 73Ge
Data sets read by {{Infobox element}}
Name and identifiers
Symbol etymology (11 non-trivial)
Top image (caption, alt)
Pronunciation
Allotropes (overview)
Group (overview)
Period (overview)
Block (overview)
Natural occurrence
Phase at STP
Oxidation states
Spectral lines image
Electron configuration (cmt, ref)
Isotopes
Standard atomic weight
  most stable isotope
Wikidata
Wikidata *
* Not used in {{Infobox element}} (2023-01-01)
See also {{Index of data sets}} · Cat:data sets (46) · (this table: )

Notes

  1. ^ The thermal expansion is anisotropic: the parameters (in the range 280–302.9 K) are αa = 31.9×10−6/K, αb = 16.2×10−6/K, αc = 13.3×10−6/K, and αaverage = 20.5×10−6/K.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Standard Atomic Weights: Gallium". CIAAW. 1987.
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  3. ^ a b Zhang Y; Evans JRG; Zhang S (2011). "Corrected Values for Boiling Points and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Elements in Handbooks". J. Chem. Eng. Data. 56 (2): 328–337. doi:10.1021/je1011086.
  4. ^ "Gallium (CAS Number 7440-55-3) : Strem Product Catalog". Strem Chemicals Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
  6. ^ a b c Hofmann, Patrick (1997). Colture. Ein Programm zur interaktiven Visualisierung von Festkörperstrukturen sowie Synthese, Struktur und Eigenschaften von binären und ternären Alkali- und Erdalkalimetallgalliden (PDF) (Thesis) (in German). PhD Thesis, ETH Zurich. p. 72. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-001859893. hdl:20.500.11850/143357. ISBN 978-3728125972.
  7. ^ Ga(−3) has been observed in LaGa, see Dürr, Ines; Bauer, Britta; Röhr, Caroline (2011). "Lanthan-Triel/Tetrel-ide La(Al,Ga)x(Si,Ge)1-x. Experimentelle und theoretische Studien zur Stabilität intermetallischer 1:1-Phasen" (PDF). Z. Naturforsch. (in German). 66b: 1107–1121.
  8. ^ a b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  9. ^ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
  10. ^ a b Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.