CHEBI:49631 - gallium atom

ChEBI IDCHEBI:49631
ChEBI Namegallium atom
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DefinitionA metallic element predicted as eka-aluminium by Mendeleev in 1870 and discovered by Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875. Named in honour of France (Latin Gallia) and perhaps also from the Latin gallus cock, a translation of Lecoq.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:33326, CHEBI:49630
Last Modified13 February 2025
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
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FormulaGa
Net Charge0
Average Mass69.723
Monoisotopic Mass68.92557
SMILES[Ga]
InChIInChI=1S/Ga
InChIKeyGYHNNYVSQQEPJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
gallium atom (CHEBI:49631) is a boron group element atom (CHEBI:33317)
gallium atom (CHEBI:49631) is a post-transition metal atom (CHEBI:233500)
Incoming Relation(s)
gallium molecular entity (CHEBI:37111) has part gallium atom (CHEBI:49631)
IUPAC Name 
gallium
Synonyms  Source
GaIUPAC
31GaIUPAC
galioChEBI
galliumChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
GaWebElements
Registry NumbersSources
CAS:7440-55-3ChemIDplus
CAS:7440-55-3NIST Chemistry WebBook