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Gallium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sources; Gallium is often found as a trace element in diaspore, sphalerite, germanite, bauxite, and coal. Some flue dusts from burning coal have been shown to contain as much as 1.5 percent gallium. Properties...
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About a New Metal, Gallium ... I estimate that the quantity of gallium contained in the small drop examined at the time of my first observation did not exceed 1/100 mg. ... After three weeks, I finally accumulated 2 to 3 mg. of gallium chloride, still mixed with zinc chloride.
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This section is from the book "An Experimental History Of The Materia Medica", by William Lewis. ... Gallium luteum C. B. Galium verum Linn. ... Free Books / Health and Healing / An Experimental History Of The Materia Medica /
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This paper is at the American Institute of Physics Center for the History of Physics. Link to a biographical sketch of Millikan. ... Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran: 1877 excerpt on discovery of gallium. This paper is at the ChemTeam site.
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Gallium (Latin Gallia meaning Gaul; also gallus, meaning "rooster") was discovered spectroscopically by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875 by its characteristic spectrum (two violet lines) in an examination of a zinc blend from the Pyrenees. ... History Web-Ring; A community of sites, blogs and forums dedicated to History.
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History & Etymology ... Gallium was discovered in 1875 by the French chemist Paul Émile (François) Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838-1912). Spectroscopic examination of concentrates from a Pyrenea blende revealed emission lines whose positions corresponded to those predicted for eka-aluminum, a missing element between Aluminum...
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