Gallium Metal 50 Grams, 99.99% Pure Melting Gallium - 50g Vial

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TRADIUM is registered as a REACH distributor ( Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of CHemicals) for gallium and therefore meets the highest requirements in terms of transparency and information transfer along the supply chain.

Since the late 1980s, the human capital and engineering expertise has been depleted, particularly in the US. Ultra-pure gallium has a beautiful, silvery appearance, and the solid metal exhibits a conchoidal fracture similar to glass. Cleaning it up is pretty easy though especially when you can choose when it's liquid or solid with minor manipulation.This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. More importantly, it’ll take a decade at least to foster the engineering expertise and human capital needed.

Also, storing it in glass is inadvisable as it expands when it cools down into a solid and will easily shatter it. Most gallium is used for the production of III-V compound semiconductors, which consist of the substance gallium arsenide.However, there is no guarantee of purity and no possibility of liquidation to anyone other than other hobbyists. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. When you purchase with us, you are purchasing from the only globally licensed industry supplier that offers this option to private investors.

In the meantime, we in the West must wait in line for what China will export after they have satisfied their domestic quotas.

Please note that in Summer the Gallium sample may arrives partially or totally melt, so for that we ship always inside a plastic bag and not directly in contact with the glass vial. We strive to provide unique platforms and mediums for educators and collectors to show off their stuff in a memorable and remember-able way by appreciating the building blocks of the universe in all their glory.

Gallium has a content of 19 ppm in the continental earth's crust: it is thus on a par with lead and lithium. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.

Before Gallium was discovered in 1875, its existence along with many of its physical and chemical properties were accurately predicted by Dimitri Mendeleev as a result of his work on the periodic table of the elements. Solid gallium alloys are used in optics, electronics, and nuclear engineering because of their non-toxicity and resistance to neutron radiation and beta decay. Gallium is used in the semiconductor industry due to its semiconductor properties of alloys formed with phosphorus, arsenic and antimony.