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Germanium Powder, About Germanium

Germanium ; sounds like the country Germany ? Yes you are right. Germanium was discovered in 1886 by Winkler and was named after Germany. Germanium in the periodic table of the elements with atomic number 32, and you should look a comparison between germanium and its semiconducting cousins, including silicon. Germanium  has been found in many minerals and when purified, is is a grayish color but has physicals traits of both a metal and a crystal. It is very brittle and can even shatter. It is in the same family with the elements carbon and silicon.                                                                                                                 Germanium Cyrstal Shiny and silvery...