Gallium Phosphide

Gallium Phosphide

compound
GaP

A semiconductor crystal used in early red and yellow LEDs

Before blue LEDs existed, this crystal was the key ingredient in red and yellow indicator lights.

Material

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Frame

Brown

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityGallium phosphide — F-43m
FormulaGaP
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupF -4 3 m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å5.4505, 5.4505, 5.4505
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90
Density (g/cm³)4.131

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)