Germanium

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Germanium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Ge. It has the atomic number 32. It is a shiny, hard, silver-white metalloid. The chemistry of Germanium is quite like tin. Germanium forms a large number of organometallic compounds. It is an important semiconductor material used in transistors.

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