gallium

  Name: Gallium Atomic number:     31 Symbol: Ga      Physical state at room temperature: solid (but melts slightly above the temp.) Meaning of the Element's Name or Latin/Greek Name: latin word “Gallia” meaning “France”      Uses of the Element:     used on mirrors, doping semiconductors and producing solid-state devices such as transistors, arsenide converts electricity into coherent light, 90 tons of gallium (2 or 3 years of world production) is used to detect solar neutrinos Who Discovered the Element: Paul-Emile Lecoq Boisbaudran  Most common mass number: 289 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">    Biological Importance of the Element:         <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No biological role but is said to stimulate the metabolism. Gallium compounds appear not to be particularly toxic. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">How the Element was Discovered:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> its existence was predicted

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