Gallium antimonide

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Gallium antimonide
IUPAC name Gallium(III) antimonide
Other names Gallium antimonide
Identifiers
CAS number [12064-03-08]
Properties
Molecular formula GaSb
Molar mass 191.483 g/mol
Density 5.619 g/cm3
Melting point

710 °C

Solubility in water insoluble
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

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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 [12064-03-8].

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GaSb can be used for Infrared detectors, infrared LEDs and lasers and transistors.

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