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gallium arsenide

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chemical semiconductor compound

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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