Pentamagnesium digallide, also known as magnesium gallide(−V), is a chemical compound in the family of magnesium gallides (MgxGay).
This compound has gallium in the rare oxidation state −5 and is produced by splat quenching of a molten mixture of magnesium and gallium metal then heating the resulting substance to 350 °C:[1][2] It is an unwanted product when magnesium-gallium alloys are exposed to high temperatures.
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