It is used in guitar amps and fiber optics.
The name of Germanium comes from the Latin word Germania, which means Germany. Germanium is a metalloid element. Clemens Winkler discovered Germanium in 1886 in Germany.
Germanium is neither. It is a metalliod, because it has some properties of a metal and some properties of a nonmetal. However, the substance of germanium is a metal.
Yes. Germanium is a mineral. Small amounts of organic germanium are found in some plant-based foods.
Germanium is classified as a metallic element (some sources list it as semi-metallic)
No. Germanium is called either a metalloid or a semimetal, because it ha some but not all of the properties of the metals.
Germanium has the ability to operate as a diode, only allowing DC current to flow one way.
microchips
Germanium compounds are toxic.
Germanium does no "do" anything.
Germanium is not manufactured; its ore is mined then refined into germanium.
grayish silver metalloid