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Gallium

31
Ga
69.723(1)
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Compounds of gallium:

gallium (III) nitride

  • Formula as commonly written: GaN
  • Hill system formula: Ga1N1
  • CAS registry number: [25617-97-4]
  • Formula weight: 83.73
  • Class: nitride

Synonyms

  • gallium (III) nitride
  • gallium nitride

Physical properties

  • Colour: grey
  • Appearance: crysyalline solid
  • Melting point: 600°C
  • Boiling point:
  • Density: 6100 kg m-3

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Element analysis and oxidation numbers

For each compound, and where possible, a formal oxidation number for each element is given, but the usefulness of this number is limited, especially so for p-block elements in particular. Based upon that oxidation number, an electronic configuration is also given but note that for more exotic compounds you should view this as a guide only.
Element % Formal oxidation state Formal electronic configuration
Ga 83.27 3 [Ar].3d10
N 16.73 3 [He].2s2

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

  • Geometry of gallium:
  • Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of gallium (III) nitride

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the GaN unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ga1N1

mass  %
83 100.0 __________________________________________________
84 0.4
85 66.4 _________________________________
86 0.2

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

  • R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
  • N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
  • F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  • A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
  • R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
  • A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  • A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
  • J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
  • D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
  • J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
  • J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.
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