Gallium Arsenide
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription this sample of gallium arsenide reads “S771 GaAs thin film on Ge / C. Sahagian, AFCRL.” Charles S. Sahagian (b.1926) is an Armenian-American who joined the U.S. Army, and received a host of medals (including the Legion of Honor) for his service in Europe during World War II. Following the war, Sahagian specialized in military material research. AFCRL here refers to the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0329.17
label: accession number
content: 1988.0329
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0329.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineral Sample
label: Object Name
content: Gallium Arsenide
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.3 cm x 1 cm; 1/2 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: box: 7/8 in x 2 in x 2 3/16 in; 2.2225 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.55625 cm