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...

Germanium (32Ge) has five naturally occurring isotopes, 70Ge, 72Ge, 73Ge, 74Ge, and 76Ge. Of these, 76Ge is very slightly radioactive, decaying by double...

Germanium dioxide, also called germanium(IV) oxide, germania, and salt of germanium, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula GeO2. It is the...

SiGe (/ˈsɪɡiː/ or /ˈsaɪdʒiː/), or silicon–germanium, is an alloy with any molar ratio of silicon and germanium, i.e. with a molecular formula of the form...

detection physics is a device that uses a semiconductor (usually silicon or germanium) to measure the effect of incident charged particles or photons. Semiconductor...

Germanium chloride may refer to: Germanium dichloride, germanium(II) chloride, GeCl2 Germanium tetrachloride, germanium(IV) chloride, GeCl4 This set index...

Germanium sulfide may refer to: Germanium(IV) sulfide GeS2, also known as Germanium disulfide Germanium(II) sulfide GeS, a semiconductor also known as...

devices. Most transistors are made from very pure silicon, and some from germanium, but certain other semiconductor materials are sometimes used. A transistor...

group is a periodic table group consisting of carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), and flerovium (Fl). It lies within the p-block...

silicon, but other semiconducting materials such as gallium arsenide and germanium are also used. The obsolete thermionic diode is a vacuum tube with two...

Germanium compounds are chemical compounds formed by the element germanium (Ge). Germanium is insoluble in dilute acids and alkalis but dissolves slowly...

Germanium oxide may refer to: Germanium dioxide, GeO2, the best known and most commonly encountered oxide of germanium containing germanium(IV) Germanium...

most modern electronics. Some examples of semiconductors are silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, and elements near the so-called "metalloid staircase"...

Germanium bromide may refer to: Germanium(II) bromide (germanium dibromide), GeBr2 Germanium(IV) bromide (germanium tetrabromide), GeBr4 This set index...

Chlorine-free germanium processing are methods of germanium activation to form useful germanium precursors in a more energy efficient and environmentally...

Germanium fluoride is a chemical compound of germanium and fluorine which exists in the following forms: Germanium difluoride, GeF2, a white ionic solid...

Germanium dibromide is a bromide of germanium with the chemical formula GeBr2. Germanium dibromide can be obtained by reducing germanium tetrabromide with...

Germanium monoxide (chemical formula GeO) is a chemical compound of germanium and oxygen. It can be prepared as a yellow sublimate at 1000 °C by reacting...

literature. The six commonly recognised metalloids are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony and tellurium. Five elements are less frequently so...

Germanium dichloride is a chemical compound of germanium and chlorine with the formula GeCl2. It is a yellow solid. Germanium dichloride is an example...

Niobium-germanium (Nb3Ge) is an intermetallic chemical compound of niobium (Nb) and germanium (Ge). It has A15 phase structure. It is a superconductor...

experiment, carried out on December 16, 1947, consisted of a block of germanium, a semiconductor, with two very closely spaced gold contacts held against...

Germanium(IV) nitride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ge3N4. It can be produced through the reaction of germanium and ammonia: 3 Ge...

The germanium-vacancy center (Ge-V) is an optically active defect in diamond, which can be created by doping germanium into diamond during its growth or...

Germanium tetrachloride is a colourless, fuming liquid with a peculiar, acidic odour. It is used as an intermediate in the production of purified germanium...

formula GeH4, and the germanium analogue of methane. It is the simplest germanium hydride and one of the most useful compounds of germanium. Like the related...

Germanium tetrafluoride (GeF4) is a chemical compound of germanium and fluorine. It is a colorless gas. Germanium tetrafluoride is formed by treating...

Germanium telluride (GeTe) is a chemical compound of germanium and tellurium and is a component of chalcogenide glass. It shows semimetallic conduction...

Germanium diselenide is an inorganic compound, with the chemical formula of GeSe2. Germanium diselenide is prepared by reacting stoichiometric amounts...

state with a short list of other materials that includes water, silicon, germanium, bismuth, and plutonium. Gallium forms alloys with most metals. It readily...