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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Germanium(II) iodide is an iodide of germanium, with the chemical formula of GeI2. Germanium(II) iodide can be produced by reacting germanium(IV) iodide...

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

The germanium alloy-junction transistor, or alloy transistor, was an early type of bipolar junction transistor, developed at General Electric and RCA...

Germanium(IV) iodide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula GeI4. Germanium(IV) iodide can be obtained by the reaction of germanium and iodine...

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...

Rubidium germanium iodide is a ternary halide of rubidium and germanium, with the chemical formula RbGeI3. It is being considered as a potential counterpart...

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

Bismuth germanium oxide or bismuth germanate is an inorganic chemical compound of bismuth, germanium and oxygen. Most commonly the term refers to the compound...