Germanium Definition

jər-mānē-əm
noun
A grayish-white, nonmetallic chemical element of the carbon family used in semiconductors, transistors, infrared equipment, etc.: symbol, Ge; at. no. 32
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Synonyms:
  • atomic number 32
  • ge

Origin of Germanium

  • Latin Germania (“Germany”) +‎ -ium

    From Wiktionary

  • After Germania

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Germanium Sentence Examples

  • Germanium compounds on fusion with alkaline carbonates and sulphur form salts known as thiogermanates.

  • If excess of a mineral acid be added to a solution of an alkaline thiogermanate a white precipitate of germanium disulphide, GeS2, is obtained.

  • Other elements predicted and characterized by Mendeleeff which have been since realized are gallium, discovered in 1875, and germanium, discovered in 1885 by Clemens Winkler.

  • Alkyl compounds of germanium such as germanium tetra-ethyl, Ge(C2H5)4, a liquid boiling at C., have been obtained.

  • The germanium salts are most readily recognized by the white precipitate of the disulphide, formed in acid solutions, on passing sulphuretted hydrogen.

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Words Starting With

GGEGER

Words Ending With

MUMIUM

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Words Starting With G and Ending With M

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With G9 Letter Words Ending With M