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) Infobox disclaimer and references

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].

[edit] Applications

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

[edit] See also

• Aluminium antimonide
• Indium antimonide
• Gallium arsenide

[edit] External links

• properties listed at NSM, Ioffe Institute.
• National Compound Semiconductor Roadmap at the Office of Naval Research