Boron arsenide

• Boron arsenide ( ambiguous )
• Bormonoarsenid

Brown solid

Fixed

5.22 g · cm -3

1100 ° C ( decomposition)

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Boron arsenide is a III-V compound semiconductor consisting of two elements, boron and arsenic. There are two different chemical compounds known under this name having the empirical formula and BAs B12As2 ( Borsubarsenid ).

Production and representation

Boron arsenide can be obtained by reaction of boron with arsenic at 1200 ° C under high pressure.

Properties

Boron arsenide is a semiconductor having a zinc blende structure, and a band gap of 1.5 eV.