Zinc antimonide
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Zinc antimonide is an inorganic chemical compound
. Like indium antimonide, aluminium antimonide
, and gallium antimonide, it is a semiconducting
intermetallic compound. It is used in transistors, infrared
detectors and thermal imagers, as well as magnetoresistive devices.
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Chemical compounds have a unique and defined chemical structure; they consist of a fixed ratio of atoms that are held together...
. Like indium antimonide, aluminium antimonide
Aluminium antimonide
Aluminium antimonide is a semiconductor of the group III-V family containing aluminium and antimony. The lattice constant is 0.61 nm. The indirect bandgap is approximately 1.6 eV at 300 K, whereas the direct band gap is 2.22 eV....
, and gallium antimonide, it is a semiconducting
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
intermetallic compound. It is used in transistors, infrared
Infrared
Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...
detectors and thermal imagers, as well as magnetoresistive devices.