| Gallium(III) antimonide | |
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| Systematic name | Gallium(III) antimonide |
| Other names | Gallium antimonide |
| Molecular formula | GaSb |
| Molar mass | 191.483 g/mol |
| CAS number | [12064-03-08] |
| Density | 5.619 g/cm3 |
| Solubility (water) | insoluble |
| Melting point | 710.x °C |
| Boiling point | xx.x °C |
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Gallium antimonide (GaSb) is a semiconducting compound of gallium and antimony of the III-V family. It has a lattice constant of about 0.61 nm with a zinc blende crystal structure. The band gap energy is 0.726 eV. CAS number [].
Applications
GaSb can be used for Infrared detectors, infrared LEDs and lasers and transistors.
See also
External links
- properties listed at NSM, Ioffe Institute.
- National Compound Semiconductor Roadmap at the Office of Naval Research
