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Offline Shinta

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Why is Gallium Bromide GaBr3?
« on: February 28, 2010, 09:32:52 PM »
Hello, I've been trying to figure this out and just can't seem to fully understand it.  Shouldn't it be Gallium(III) Bromide?
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Re: Why is Gallium Bromide GaBr3?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 11:35:16 AM »
It is also Gallium (III) bromide. Normally we can omit the oxidation state in the name if the compound typically only forms one oxidation state as opposed to multiple oxidation states (i.e. we can say sodium chloride and not sodium (I) chloride). This site lists a bunch of other alternative names for this compound:

http://www.chemicalregister.com/Gallium_III_Bromide/Suppliers/pid59564.htm
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