Germanium

By: Stefani A. Wagoner

Isotopes And Ions

+4 Ionic Charge

Element Symbol

GEAtomic Mass: 72.6

Atomic Number: 32

Discoverer

•Clemens Winkler discovered Germanium in Germany in 1886.

Uses for Germanium

•Good Semiconductor•Industries use germanium in

semiconducting devices such as Diodes and Solar Batteries.

Germanium• Germanium is a hard,

brittle, grayish white metalloid.

Periodic TableAs you can see I

circled where Germanium is found on the periodic table. It is in group 14, and

in period 4.

Structure of the Atom

As you can see there is 32 Protons

and 41 Neutrons in the element, Germanium.

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