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gallium arsenide
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Chemical data
- Formula
- AsGa
- Molecular weight
- 144.645 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- gallanylidynearsane
- SMILES
- [Ga]#[As]
- InChIKey
- JBRZTFJDHDCESZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a III-V direct band gap semiconductor with a zinc blende crystal structure.
Gallium arsenide is used in the manufacture of devices such as microwave frequency integrated circuits, monolithic microwave integrated circuits, infrared light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, solar cells and optical windows.
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