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Gallium

Ga69.723 g/mol Calculated

Also called galio.

A metal that melts in your hand at 30 Celsius, and the element behind the blue LED and the chips in many radio transmitters. Element 31.

Sources and notes
  • The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
  • Other namesfrom sourcePubChem / Wikidata
  • Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
  • 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit

Where you encounter it

A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product. Gallium on our curated lists.

Household

Batteries and electronicsAdded by the maker
Sources and notes
  • Our curated lists and their amountsfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach amount is an editorial figure from our food and drink lists, not a measurement of any one product.
  • How it gets therefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach mark is set by hand on our lists, never inferred; a label's ingredient is added by the maker. A row with no mark data says Not marked.
  • The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.

Properties and sources

Calculated by PubChem

Molecular formula
Ga
Molecular weight
69.723 g/mol

Reported Hazard label (GHS), ECHA via PubChem

Danger Corrosive pictogram (GHS05) and Irritant pictogram (GHS07); hazard statements H290, H302, H314, H412

Groups it belongs to

Category
Element & material
Family
Chemical elements
Product lists
Batteries and electronics
Hazard classes
Corrosive, Irritant, GHS Danger
Size
Under 100 g/mol
SMILES[Ga]

PubChem CID 5360835 · Wikidata Q861 · InChIKey GYHNNYVSQQEPJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed

How MoleculeFinder sources and labels its data

Questions
What is Gallium?
A metal that melts in your hand at 30 Celsius, and the element behind the blue LED and the chips in many radio transmitters. Element 31.
Where is Gallium found?
Gallium is in these product groups: batteries and electronics. from source
How toxic is Gallium?
Its GHS hazard label carries the signal word Danger and the hazard pictograms Corrosive and Irritant. from source
What kind of molecule is Gallium?
Gallium has the formula Ga and a molecular weight of 69.723 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under chemical elements, in the element & material group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
Sources and notes
  • Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
  • Hazard labelfrom sourceECHA via PubChemThe label combines these classifications.
  • ECHAfrom sourceAttributionSource: European Chemicals Agency, echa.europa.eu.
  • Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09