Properties Of Gallium On The Periodic Table Of The Elements
Properties of Gallium Gallium is a chemical element that is located in Group 13 or the “Boron Group” on the periodic table of the elements. It has the chemical symbol Ga and has an atomic number of 31 meaning it has 31 protons and 31 electrons. The atomic mass of Gallium is 69 meaning it has 38 neutrons. Gallium is a transition metal and was discovered in 1875 by French Chemist Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran after the element was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev who created the periodic table of the elements in the 1860s. Boisbaudran named Gallium after Gallia, the name for ancient France (Sacados). Gallium has several unique physical and chemical properties such as having a silvery color with a shiny surface and is soft enough to be cut with