Gallium (beating heart) - Periodic Table of Videos
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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about gallium. Discover gallium and be amazed as you watch the experiment called "the beating heart".
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Gallium’s most important modern application is in semiconductor crystals. Silicon semiconductors stop working at frequencies above a few gigahertz. However, gallium arsenide circuits can operate as high as 250 GHz, which is at the upper end of the microwave frequency range.
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