RE: galliumHi Coach, I have been studying Gallium for years and would like to share this interesting tidbit:
For years Light Emitting Diodes (or LEDS) were available in red, green and yellow only. Then a few years ago a compound of gallium and nitrogen called gallium nitride was used to produce a blue LED. What does this mean?
We finally have the entire light spectrum available in a solid state form! Since then we have seen the explosion of white LED devices such as high intensity flashlights and solar powered emergency lighting.
Forget the debate on incandescent versus florescent, the US Department of Energy states that over the next 20 years solid state lighting will replace both. Bulbs are an antiquity and florescents contain foul gases such as mercury.
The only thing slowing the lighting revolution is the current high cost of producing gallium nitride which is currently being worked on.
Gallium producers, of which there are few, stand to profit tremendously over the years............
Regards,
Yakpi