Baby Gallium
By: Sam Lauer
About Gallium
Baby Gallium gets along with Plutonium. Definitely keep him away from acids and alkalies. He can be found in period 4, group 13 on the periodic table. Its group is called the Boron group. It is similar to Aluminum and Indium. Gallium is used in transistors, PET scanners, Plutonium Bombs, some computer chips, and high temperature thermometers. Gallium costs $499 to adopt one kilogram. The baby was found by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875. We named him after the Latin word for France, Gallia. He is a solid, metal, and has no odor. Gallium is silvery-white. It is mildly reactive and reacts to alkali metals and acids. Baby Gallium is sure in for a bright future!
RANDOM GALLIUM FACTS!!!!!!!!!
Gallium is not found in pure form in nature. Gallium was one of the three elements left as a question mark on Mendeleev's first periodic table. Most Gallium is produced in Australia, Russia, France, and Germany. America produces no Gallium. A cool fact about Gallium is that it melts in your hand because of its low melting point.
Gallium Statistics
Boiling Point: 2477 Kelvin, 2204° Celsius, 3999° Fahrenheit
Melting Point: 303 Kelvin, 30° Celsius, 84° Fahrenheit
Atomic Number: 31
Atomic Mass: 69.7 AMUs
Isotopes: 2 natural non-radioactive ones, 34 man-made radioactive isotopes
Radioactivity: Certain isotopes are radioactive
What Baby Gallium Is Used In
Gallium Thermo- meter
Gallium is used in some high temperature thermometers.
PET Scanner
PET Scanners have some Gallium in them.
Pure Gallium
Pure Gallium will melt in your hand.
Gallium Computer Chip
Gallium is used in some computer chips.
Transistor
Transistors contain Gallium.
Plutonium Bomb
Gallium is used in Plutonium bombs to help neutralize the Plutonium.
Gallium - The crazy metal that melts in hand.
Aerial view of an atomic bomb explosion
Bibliography
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"#31 - Gallium - Ga." #31 - Gallium - Ga. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2015.