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{{Element | name=Germanium | symbol=Ge | anumber=32 | amass= | noe= | class= | cstructure= | color= | date= | discname= | origname= | uses= | obtained= }}
{{Element
| name=Germanium
| symbol=Ge
| class=Group IVA, Carbon family
| anumber=32
| amass= 72.59
| stableisotopes=70, 72, 73, 74, 76
| unstableisotopes=66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 75, 77, 78
| meltingpoint=937.4 (1,720.85 °F)
| boilingpoint=2,830 (5,131 °F)
| density=5.323
| hardness=6.25
| abundance=0.0007
| oxidation=+2, +4
| date= 1886
| discname= Clemens Winkler
| origname= From the Latin word ''Germania'', Germany
| uses= Semiconductors
| obtained=Refining of copper, zinc, lead
}}
'''Germanium''' ''(jer-MAY-ni-em)'' is a brittle, silvery-white semi-metal (metalloid).<ref>http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/32/germanium</ref>
==History==
Germanium was first proposed to exist by Dmitri Mendeleyev in 1871. He had recently created a Periodic Table of Elements, and identified gaps which where unknown elements. Germanium was officially discovered in 1886 by Clemens Winkler, a German chemist. He found it in the mineral [[argyrodite]] (Ag8GeS6).
{{Periodic table}}
==Uses==
Germanium is primarily used as a semiconductor. With [[arsenic]], [[gallium]], [[indium]], [[antimony]] or [[phosphorus]], it is used to make transistors. Another major use for Germanium is lenses. It is used in the manufacture of wide-angle camera lenses and objective [[lenses]] for [[microscopes]].<ref>http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/32/germanium</ref> It is also used to create alloys and as a phosphor in fluorescent lamps.<ref>http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele032.html</ref> Additionally, adding 1% germanium to [[silver]] prevents tarnishing.<ref>http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/32/germanium</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/germanium.htm