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Thermometer

THERMOMETERS
The thermometers made with gallium aren't in your bathroom. Researchers use gallium thermometers to measure very high temperature environments.
MIRRORS
You can actually paint gallium on glass to form mirrors. Pretty cool.
Mirrors

Solar Panels

SOLAR DEVICES
Researchers use gallium arsenide to convert light to energy. This could lead to uses in solar cells and even generating power in space.
NEUTRINO DETECTORS
When you want to study space, many astronomers look to study the levels of neutrinos that hit Earth each day. Neutrinos are closely related to electrons and we detect ones emitted by the Sun.
Neutrinos from the Sun



 
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