Gallium(III) hydroxide
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Gallium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Template:Chem2. It is formed as a gel following the addition of ammonia to Template:Chem2 salts.[1] It is also found in nature as the rare mineral söhngeite which is reported to contain octahedrally coordinated gallium atoms.[2] Gallium hydroxide is amphoteric. In strongly acidic conditions, the gallium ion, Template:Chem2 is formed. In strongly basic conditions, Template:Chem2 (tetrahydroxogallate(III)) is formed. Salts of Template:Chem2 are sometimes called gallates.[1]
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- ↑ a b Anthony John Downs, (1993), Chemistry of Aluminium, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium, Springer, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Crystal Structure of a new mineral söhngeite, J.D. Scott, The American Mineralogist, (1971), 56, 355