Gallium Synonyms

gălē-əm
A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ga
  2. atomic number 31

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Gallium Sentence Examples

  • The elements gallium and indium were discovered in blende.

  • Richter in 1863, and of gallium, detected in certain zinc blendes by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875.

  • Other elements predicted and characterized by Mendeleeff which have been since realized are gallium, discovered in 1875, and germanium, discovered in 1885 by Clemens Winkler.

  • Rubidium, caesium, thallium, indium and gallium were first discovered by means of this instrument; the study of the rare earths is greatly facilitated, and the composition of the heavenly bodies alone determinable by it.

  • These three he called ekaboron, ekaaluminium, and ekasilicon; and his prophecy was completely vindicated within fifteen years by the discovery of gallium in 1871, scandium in 1879, and germanium in 1886.

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