gallium

Summary

gallium is a chemical element^[1]. gallium draws 425 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #85 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• gallium is credited with the discovery of Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran^[3].
• gallium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• gallium's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element^[5].
• Gaul is named after gallium^[6].
• gallium is made of gallite^[7].
• gallium is made of bauxite^[8].
• gallium is made of zinc ore^[9].
• gallium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Ga]^[10].
• gallium's element symbol is recorded as Ga^[11].
• gallium's chemical formula is recorded as Ga^[12].
• gallium is a type of post-transition metal^[13].
• gallium is part of period 4^[14].
• gallium is part of group 13^[15].
• gallium's Commons category is recorded as Gallium^[16].
• gallium's Unicode character is recorded as 鎵^[17].
• gallium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1875^[18].
• gallium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gallium^[19].
• gallium's Commons gallery is recorded as Gallium^[20].
• gallium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+31'}^[21].
• gallium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.81'}^[22].
• gallium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[23].
• gallium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[24].
• gallium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[25].
• gallium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[26].
• gallium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4] and chalcophile element^[5]. gallium is a type of post-transition metal^[13].

Origins

Gaul is named after gallium^[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 4^[14], a period^[28] and group 13^[15], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for gallium include GalliumOS^[30], an operating system^[31]; gallobeudantite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; and tsumgallite^[34], a mineral species^[35].

Why It Matters

gallium draws 425 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #85 of 144).^[2] gallium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] gallium is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for gallium include GalliumOS^[30], an operating system^[31]; gallobeudantite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; and tsumgallite^[34], a mineral species^[35].