Characteristic
Zinc antimonide (ZnSb), (Zn3Sb2), (Zn4Sb3) is an inorganic chemical compound. Like indium antimonide, aluminium antimonide, and gallium antimonide, it is a semiconducting intermetallic compound.
Chemical formula:ZnSb, Zn3Sb2, Zn4Sb3
Molar mass:434.06 g/mol
Appearance:silver-white orthorhombic crystals
Density 6.33 g/cm3
Melting point:546 °C (1,015 °F; 819 K) (565 °C, 563 °C)
Solubility in water:reacts
Band gap:0.56 eV (ZnSb), 1.2eV (Zn4Sb3)
Crystal structure:Orthorhombic, oP16
Application
It is used in transistors, infrared detectors and thermal imagers, as well as magnetoresistive devices.