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/dʒɜːmˈeɪniəm/
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- a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
How To Use germanium In A Sentence
- Arthur: Nanotechnology Law Report - Germanium nanobead image provided by UT-Battelle, which manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Department of Energy Nanotechnology Law Report
- This 20-pound battery-operated detector uses the semiconducting properties of a germanium crystal to detect and analyze neutrons and gamma-rays, common by-products of radioactive decay.
- Arthur: Nanotechnology Law Report - Germanium nanobead image provided by UT-Battelle, which manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Department of Energy S. 2942, "The Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010", the first nanotechnology related bill of the Nanotechnology Law Report
- Nanotechnology Lawyer & Attorney: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur: Nanotechnology Law Report - Germanium nanobead image provided by UT-Battelle, which manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Department of Energy Trackbacks Nanotechnology Law Report
- Winkler discovered germanium in the mineral argyrodite. Germanium
- They were able to do so because they had superb facilities - the NRX and NRU reactors, excellent equipment - the very best amplifiers, scalers, and kicksorters, the first silicon particle detectors and the first lithium drifted germanium detectors, dedicated and expert technicians, and of course, theoretical physicists who believed what the experimentalists were doing was important.
- Improving the performance of silicon transistors and circuits by adding another semiconductor material is one approach, and silicon germanium is the most popular of the new materials.
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- You need some germanium crystals, a pinch of molybdenum, a teaspoon of californium ... and working with those short-lived superheavies is a royal pain, I'll tell you. A Corridor in the Asylum
- The researchers said the film also has a protective layer of germanium silicon oxides to protect a spacecraft from the corrosive effects of atomic oxygen and from micrometeor impacts. Space News From SpaceDaily.Com