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What is gallium?

• Gallium is a soft, silvery-white metal, similar to aluminium

• It was discovered by Frenchman Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875

• Gallium readily alloys with most metals, particularly in low-melting alloys as it has a very low melting point itself. It can even be cooled down to the freezing point of water without solidifying and remain unchanged in this liquid state for months

• It has a high boiling point of 2,204°C, which makes it ideal for recording temperatures that would vaporise a thermometer

• It's chrystal appearance makes it differ from lead, with a form resembling a square octahedron

• It is non-toxic

• It is used to make semiconductors and is found in light emitting diodes, LED's

• It was considered a replacement for mercury at one point