Germanium is a silvery-white, brittle and semiconducting semi-metal. The pure element often alloys with arsenic, gallium, or other elements and is used as a transistor in thousands of electronic applications. Today, however, other semiconductors have taken its place.
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Germanium oxide has a high refractive and dispersion index. Because of this property, it is used in wide-angle camera lenses and objective lenses for microscopes. This is the main application of germanium. Germanium is also used in fluorescent lamps and as an alloying agent and catalyst. For example, adding 1% germanium to silver prevents tarnishing.
Both germanium and germanium oxide are transparent to infrared radiation and are therefore used in infrared spectroscopes.
Germanium is non-toxic. Some germanium compounds have low toxicity in mammals, but are active against some bacteria. Their potential use in drugs is being studied.
Germanium ores are very rare. It occurs in small quantities as the minerals germanite and argrodite. Germanium minerals are also found in zinc ores, and the commercial production of germanium is accomplished by processing zinc smelting flue dust. It can also be recovered from the combustion by-products of some coals.
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