Gallium

Critical Metals Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 150-176

  Butcher, Thomas ^a   Brown, Teresa ^b  

^a British Geological Survey ^*  (United States)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Gallium; Gallium arsenide (GaAs); Gallium nitride (GaN); Gallium phosphide (GaP); Sphalerite (ZnS)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MOBILE PHONES; NITRIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ZINC SULFIDE;

BAUXITE; GALLIUM NITRIDE (GAN); GALLIUM TRICHLORIDE; INFRARED-EMITTING DIODES; SPHALERITE (ZNS); TRIETHYL GALLIUMS; TRIMETHYL GALLIUM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84982299194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118755341.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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