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Zinc antimonide
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<p>Zinc antimonide (<a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">Zn</a><a href="/facts/Antimony/YsA7lVgT">Sb</a>), (<a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">Zn</a>3<a href="/facts/Antimony/YsA7lVgT">Sb</a>2), (<a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">Zn</a>4<a href="/facts/Antimony/YsA7lVgT">Sb</a>3) is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic/TfFfzxSz">inorganic</a> <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compound</a>. The Zn-Sb system contains six <a href="/facts/Intermetallic/nnzksayl">intermetallics</a>. Like <a href="/facts/Indium_antimonide/76EPwVLC">indium antimonide</a>, <a href="/facts/Aluminium_antimonide/HYqmGA72">aluminium antimonide</a>, and <a href="/facts/Gallium_antimonide/Aj8NgVKa">gallium antimonide</a>, it is a <a href="/facts/Semiconductor/zFf3mGTE">semiconducting</a> <a href="/facts/Intermetallic/nnzksayl">intermetallic</a> compound. It is used in <a href="/facts/Transistors/Bmr8zwL0">transistors</a>, <a href="/facts/Infrared/44XdJNcc">infrared</a> detectors and thermal imagers, as well as magnetoresistive devices. </p>