Germanium - Periodic Table of Videos
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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about germanium. Discover this shiny metal named after Germany.
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The first diodes and transistors were made not with silicon, but with germanium. Nowadays, major uses of germanium are fiber-optic systems and infrared optics, as well as in solar cell applications.
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