3+-+Hartz+-+Ga

= = =__** Gallium Facts **__= =__** Important Facts About Gallium **__= =**__ What It is Used for __**= = __Where Did it come from__ = =**__ What is it found in __**=
 * 1) Date of Discovery: 1875 By Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
 * 2) Name Origin: From the Latin word Gallia, the old name of France
 * 3) Its now characteristic spectrum (two violet lines) identified it as a new element
 * 4) Obtained initially only 0.65 grams from 430 kilograms of ore
 * 5) Gallium is a silvery, glass-like, soft metal
 * 6) One of the few metals that is liquid near room temperature (29.76 oC, 85.6 oF ), melting in the hand
 * 1) Atomic Number: 31
 * 2) Atomic Weight: 69.723
 * 3) Melting Point: 302.91 K (29.76°C or 85.57°F)
 * 4) Boiling Point: 2477 K (2204°C or 3999°F)
 * 5) Density: 5.91 grams per cubic centimeter
 * 6) Phase at Room Temperature: Solid
 * 7) Element Classification: Metal
 * 8) Period Number: 4 Group Number: 13 Group Name: none
 * 1) High-temperature thermometers
 * 2) To dope semiconductors and for producing solid-state devices
 * 3) To convert electricity into coherent light
 * 4) To make commercial ultraviolet-activated powder phosphors
 * 1) Gallium was discovered by French chemist Paul E. Lecoq de Boisbaudran through a spectroscope in 1875 in Paris
 * 2) Obtained initially only 0.65 grams from 430 kilograms of ore
 * 3) The origin of the name comes from the Latin word ‘Gallia’, meaning France
 * 1) Lecoq de Boisbaudran thought that element number 31 might be found in zinc ores
 * 2) Found as a trace element in coal, bauxite, and other minerals
 * 3) In mirrors