Abstract:A German chemist Clemens A. Winkler first isolated Germanium in 1886 from the mineral argyrodite. Germanium (Ge) is a semiconducting metal from Group IVA of the periodic table, and it forms a series of hydrides. Interest in the organogermanium compounds has centered on their antimicrobial activity and the fact that their mammalian toxicity is lower than the corresponding derivatives of tin or lead. Today, germanium is used in the computer industry (as resistors on computer chips), in fiber optics, solar applic… Show more
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