Germanium

History

Germanium was discovered in 1886 by German chemist Clemens Winkler, a mineral argirodit by using spectral analysis. The name was in honor of Germany.

Nowadays

Germany, by virtue of their physical properties, is an ideal semiconductor, so most of the extracted metal is in electrical engineering needs. Germanium used in other fundamental areas of modern technology: for the measurement of low temperatures, to detect infrared radiation in the gamma-ray detectors.