gallium

• Formula: Ga
• Molecular weight: 69.723
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Ga Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GYHNNYVSQQEPJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7440-55-3
• Chemical structure:
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Phase change data

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Data compiled by: Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to Ga⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Marsh, 1987
Marsh, K.N., Recommended Reference Materials for the Realization of Physicochemical Properties, Blackwell Sci. Pub., Oxford, 1987. [all data]

Anonymous, 1988
Anonymous, X., , NBS Spec. Publ. (U. S.) 260, 1988. [all data]

Williams, Carpenter, et al., 1998
Williams, W.W.; Carpenter, D.L.; Covington, A.M.; Koepnick, M.C.; Calabrese, D.; Thompson, J.S., Laser photodetachment electron spectrometry of Ga-, J. Phys. B: Atom. Mol. Opt. Phys., 1998, 31, 8, L341-L345, https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/31/8/003 . [all data]

Cha, Ganteför, et al., 1994
Cha, C.-Y.; Ganteför, G.; Eberhardt, W., The Development of the 3p and 4p Valence Band of Small Aluminum and Gallium Clusters, J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, 2, 995, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466582 . [all data]

Feldmann, Rackwitz, et al., 1977
Feldmann, D.; Rackwitz, R.; Heincke, H.; Kaiser, H.J., Photoabsolung von Elektronen der Ionen B-, Ga-, In-, Tl-, Ge-, und Pb-, Z. Naturforschung A, 1977, 32, 302. [all data]

Lide, 1992
Lide, D.R. (Editor), Ionization potentials of atoms and atomic ions in Handbook of Chem. and Phys., 1992, 10-211. [all data]

Kelly, 1987
Kelly, R.L., Atomic and ionic spectrum lines of hydrogen through kryton, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1987, 16. [all data]

Hirayama, Straw, et al., 1985
Hirayama, C.; Straw, R.D.; Hobgood, H.M., Equilibria over gas in the Knudsen cell range, J. Less-Common Met., 1985, 109, 331. [all data]

Kleinschmidt and Hildenbrand, 1978
Kleinschmidt, P.D.; Hildenbrand, D.L., Dissociation energies of CaI, SrI, and BaI from high temperature mass spectrometry, J. Chem. Phys., 1978, 68, 2819. [all data]

Piacente and Balducci, 1974
Piacente, V.; Balducci, G., The dissociation energy of the molecule GaSb, High Temp. Sci., 1974, 6, 254. [all data]

Gingerich and Piacente, 1971
Gingerich, K.A.; Piacente, V., Gaseous phosphorus compounds. IV. Thermodynamic study of gallium monophosphide with a mass spectrometer and dissociation energy of aluminum diphosphide, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 54, 2498. [all data]

Moore, 1970
Moore, C.E., Ionization potentials and ionization limits derived from the analyses of optical spectra, Natl. Stand. Ref. Data Ser., (U.S. Natl. Bur. Stand.), 1970, 34, 1. [all data]

Johansson and Litzen, 1967
Johansson, I.; Litzen, U., The term systems of the neutral gallium and indium atorns derived from new measurements in the infrared region, Ark. Fys., 1967, 34, 573. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature

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