Gallium tribromide

Gallium compounds: gallium tribromide

The gallium in gallium tribromide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Gallium tribromide

• Formula as often written: GaBr₃
• Hill system formula: Br₃Ga₁
• CAS registry number: [13450-88-9]
• Formula weight: 309.435
• Class: bromide

Synonyms

• gallium tribromide
• gallium(III) bromide
• gallium bromide

Physical properties

• Colour: white
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 122°C
• Boiling point: 279°C
• Density: 3110 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in gallium tribromide

Element	%
Br	77.47
Ga	22.53

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the GaBr₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ga₁Br₃

mass  %
306  20.9 __________
307   0.0 
308  75.0 ______________________________________
309   0.0 
310 100.0 __________________________________________________
311   0.0 
312  58.7 _____________________________
313   0.0 
314  12.8 ______

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
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• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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