Germanium - Wikipedia Germanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ge and atomic number 32 It is lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white and similar in appearance to silicon It is a metalloid or a nonmetal in the carbon group that is chemically similar to silicon Like silicon, germanium naturally reacts and forms complexes with oxygen in nature
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 (pronunciation: jer-MAY-ni-em) is a shiny, silvery element classified as a metalloid and represented by the chemical symbol Ge [1, 2] As a relatively inactive element, germanium does not react with oxygen at 20°C and is insoluble in water but its compound, germanium dioxide, is slightly soluble in water [3]
Facts About Germanium - Live Science Germanium is a silvery white metalloid This is a 2-by-3 centimeter piece of polycrystalline germanium, weighing about 12 grams (Image credit: Jurii Creative Commons) Shiny and silvery, yet
Germanium | History, Uses, Facts, Physical Chemical . . . Germanium is an abundant element and is ranked as the 15 th most abundant element in the earth’s crust Germanium is not present in its pure elemental form and mostly extracted from its zinc ore (sphalerite) and from ores of copper, silver and lead
Teck mulls expanding its production of germanium: Reuters Germanium is one of 50 minerals identified by the US Geological Survey that are critical to America’s economy and national security The metal is used to make semiconductors and infrared