Aluminium arsenide

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Aluminium arsenide
Identifiers
CAS number 22831-42-1 YesY
PubChem 89859
ChemSpider 81112 YesY
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Properties
Molecular formula AlAs
Molar mass 101.9031 g/mol
Appearance orange crystals
Density 3.72 g/cm3
Melting point

1740 °C (2013 K)

Band gap 2.12 eV (indirect)[1]
Electron mobility 200 cm2/(V·s) (300 K)
Thermal conductivity 0.9 W/(cm·K) (300 K)
Refractive index (nD) 3 (infrared)
Structure
Crystal structure Zinc Blende
Space group T2d-F-43m
Coordination
geometry
Tetrahedral
Related compounds
Related semiconductor materials Aluminium gallium arsenide, Aluminium indium arsenide, Aluminium antimonide, Boron arsenide
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Aluminium arsenide or aluminum arsenide (AlAs) is a semiconductor material with almost the same lattice constant as gallium arsenide and aluminium gallium arsenide and wider band gap than gallium arsenide.

[edit] Properties[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ioffe database
  2. ^ L. I. Berger "Semiconductor materials" CRC Press, 1996 ISBN 0-8493-8912-7, 9780849389122 (available on google books), p. 126

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