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The Carbon Group Forms Germanite Uses State: Solid

Camera lens
Discovery: 1886

This sulfur
mineral is rich
in germanium. The germanium
oxide in the glass
of this lens bends
surrounding light
from a large area
into the camera.

This microchip
is made of silicon
and germanium.

Germanium
Smartphone microchip atmosphere
is found in the

of Jupiter.

The pure form This car contains a
germanium-based sensor
is shiny like a Disc of pure germanium
metal, but brittle. that measures its distance
refined in a laboratory from obstacles.
Car with
germanium sensor

This semi-metal is named after the but this element is mainly extracted from the
country Germany. It was discovered there ores of silver, copper, and lead. One of its
in 1886 by chemist Clemens A Winkler, nearly compounds, germanium oxide, is used in wide-
20 years after Russian chemist Dmitri angle camera lenses. It is also used in some
Mendeleev predicted its existence and properties. microchips and in a number of car sensors
148 Germanite is a mineral rich in germanium, that aid in navigation.

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