It looks like a silver-white metal (see Wikipedia for more info)
What does germanium smell like?
It sort of has this dark metallic look to it
You can find Germanium inside transistors. Note. Most transistors today are made from Silicon. In order to find a Germanium transistor you can read the type no. off the device, then look in a data book. Alternatively, if you have the equipment, measure Vcesat for the device. Silicon devices show about 1.2 V. When you find one at about 0.6 V you've got your Germanium.
It tastes all metally.
Germanium tetrachloride is covalent, just like carbon tetrachloride or silicon tetrachloride. All nasty stuff.
solid, grey, crystalline
What does germanium smell like?
It sort of has this dark metallic look to it
You can find Germanium inside transistors. Note. Most transistors today are made from Silicon. In order to find a Germanium transistor you can read the type no. off the device, then look in a data book. Alternatively, if you have the equipment, measure Vcesat for the device. Silicon devices show about 1.2 V. When you find one at about 0.6 V you've got your Germanium.
It tastes all metally.
Germanium compounds are toxic.
Germanium tetrachloride is covalent, just like carbon tetrachloride or silicon tetrachloride. All nasty stuff.
Germanium
Germanium does no "do" anything.
Germanium is not manufactured; its ore is mined then refined into germanium.
Germanium is a metal that conducts electricity and germanium crystals can be prepared in a manner allowing them to conduct electrify through their crystal lattice is one direction only, making germanium crystals valuable for use in transistors and rectifiers.
You will have to look it up in a databook to be certain.