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    of germanium are known: germanium dioxide (GeO 2, germania) and germanium monoxide, (GeO). The dioxide, GeO2, can be obtained by roasting germanium disulfide...
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  • of germanium are known: germanium dioxide (GeO 2, germania) and germanium monoxide, (GeO). The dioxide, GeO2 can be obtained by roasting germanium disulfide...
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    Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO2, commonly found in nature as quartz. In many parts of the...
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    carbon dioxide could exist in a glass state similar to other members of its elemental family, like silicon dioxide (silica glass) and germanium dioxide. Unlike...
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    Lead(IV) oxide, commonly known as lead dioxide, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PbO2. It is an oxide where lead is in an oxidation...
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    The carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. It was invented by Kumar Patel of Bell Labs in 1964 and is still...
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    germanium and iodine or the reaction of germanium dioxide and 57% hydriodic acid: GeO2 + 4 HI → GeI4 + 2 H2O Germanium(IV) iodide reacts with tetraalkyl tin...
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  • Metalloid (section Germanium)
    thermal expansion. Most ordinary glassware is made from silicon dioxide. Germanium dioxide is used as a glass fibre additive, as well as in infrared optical...
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    devices. Most transistors are made from very pure silicon, and some from germanium, but certain other semiconductor materials are sometimes used. A transistor...
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  • History of the transistor (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    pure germanium "crystal" mixer diodes, used in radar units as a frequency mixer element in microwave radar receivers. A parallel project on germanium diodes...
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    Iridium(III) bromide (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    decomposes to iridium and bromine at higher temperatures. It reacts with germanium dibromide in hydrobromic acid solution to form a compound containing Ir-Ge...
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  • most modern electronics. Some examples of semiconductors are silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, and elements near the so-called "metalloid staircase"...
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    is a member of group 14 in the periodic table: carbon is above it; and germanium, tin, lead, and flerovium are below it. It is relatively unreactive. Silicon...
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    Lead metagermanate (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Pb5Ge3O11. Lead metagermanate can be obtained by the reaction of germanium dioxide and lead acetate. Lead metagermanate is a solid with a strong thermoelectric...
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  • revealed the second fundamental advantage of silicon over germanium: contrary to germanium oxides, "wet" silica is a physically strong and chemically...
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    Titanium (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    by the Kroll and Hunter processes. The most common compound, titanium dioxide, is a popular photocatalyst and is used in the manufacture of white pigments...
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  • silicon dioxide. High-κ dielectrics are used in semiconductor manufacturing processes where they are usually used to replace a silicon dioxide gate dielectric...
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    six-membered rings of atoms. Diamond has the same cubic structure as silicon and germanium, and because of the strength of the carbon-carbon bonds, it is the hardest...
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    Gallium (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    state with a short list of other materials that includes water, silicon, germanium, bismuth, and plutonium.: 222  Gallium forms alloys with most metals....
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    down from the known element of the same group in his table. For example, germanium was called eka-silicon until its discovery in 1886, and rhenium was called...
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  • transistor (MOSFET) device in which a semiconductor layer such as silicon or germanium is formed on an insulator layer which may be a buried oxide (BOX) layer...
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    Thorium (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    which tarnishes olive grey when it is exposed to air, forming thorium dioxide; it is moderately soft, malleable, and has a high melting point. Thorium...
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    tetranitride (S4N4). The essentially covalent silicon nitride (Si3N4) and germanium nitride (Ge3N4) are also known: silicon nitride, in particular, would...
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    the Earth's crust in the form of various oxides such as water, carbon dioxide, iron oxides and silicates. All eukaryotic organisms, including plants...
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    Chlorine (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    reacting it with charcoal to release the free element muriaticum (and carbon dioxide). They did not succeed and published a report in which they considered...
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  • of germanium (Ge) dipped in dilute hydrofluoric acid strips the naturally forming germanium oxide groups, creating hydrogen-terminated germanium. Chemical...
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  • other molecules can also be used to form glassy systems, such as : germanium dioxide (GeO2) ; diboron trioxide (B2O3); phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5); aluminosilicates...
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    Carbon monoxide (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    radical (HO2•) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Peroxy radical subsequently reacts with nitrogen oxide (NO) to form nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and hydroxyl radical...
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    implementation, Noyce's chip was made of silicon, whereas Kilby's was made of germanium, and Noyce's was fabricated using the planar process, developed in early...
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    mainly due to problems with the surface states, the dangling bond, and the germanium and copper compound materials. In the course of trying to understand the...
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