What is Gallium?
Gallium is a chemical element that is not among the elements found within nature. However, gallium is easily obtained by employing the process of smelting. Characterized by a silver hue, gallium is generally classified as a poor metal. This is due to the fact that the element becomes quite brittle at lower temperatures, and also has demonstrated a tendency to liquefy or melt slightly in higher temperatures. As such, gallium is not considered suitable for many of the applications that are common with other metallic elements. Gallium was first identified by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875 while working with a sample of zinc blend that was secured from the Pyrenees. While using a spectroscope to examine the same, de Boisbaudran noted the presence of two purplish lines with the spectrum. The qualities of this new discovery were in line with predictions for the discovery of new elements that had been documented in Mendeleev’s periodic theory several years earlier. Further experimentation allow
