Germanium - Wikipedia Germanium is mined primarily from sphalerite (the primary ore of zinc), though germanium is also recovered commercially from silver, lead, and copper ores Elemental germanium is used as a semiconductor in transistors and various other electronic devices
Germanium | Properties, Uses, Facts | Britannica germanium (Ge), a chemical element between silicon and tin in Group 14 (IVa) of the periodic table, a silvery-gray metalloid, intermediate in properties between the metals and the nonmetals
Germanium Facts, Symbol, Discovery, Properties, Uses Germanium’s graphical representation features an image of a transistor, which indicates the early use of the element [1] Being a metalloid, germanium has the properties of both nonmetals and metals [6]
Germanium - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table Germanium is a semiconductor The pure element was commonly doped with arsenic, gallium or other elements and used as a transistor in thousands of electronic applications Today, however, other semiconductors have replaced it Germanium oxide has a high index of refraction and dispersion
Germanium Statistics and Information | U. S. Geological Survey Germanium is mainly a byproduct of zinc ore processing It is a hard, grayish-white element; it has a metallic luster and the same crystal structure as diamond; and it is brittle, like glass
Germanium | History, Uses, Facts, Physical Chemical Characteristics Germanium was discovered in 1886 Germanium belongs to the carbon family and used in electronic devices as semiconductors Dmitri Mendeleev predicted the existence of germanium in 1869 He named it eka-silicon and proposed some of the physical characteristics of the then unknown metal
The Great Element Germanium - ChemTalk The element germanium is a lustrous and brittle metalloid in the carbon group Germanium is used for optics and electronics
Periodic Table of Elements: Los Alamos National Laboratory The most common use of germanium is as a semiconductor Germanium is also finding many other applications including use as an alloying agent, as a phosphor in fluorescent lamps, and as a catalyst