Just the facts Atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus): 32 Atomic symbol (on the periodic table of elements): Ge Atomic weight (average mass of the atom): 72.630 Density: 3.077 ounces per ...

"Element germanium under pressure matches predictions of modern condensed matter theory." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 April 2011. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 04 / 110406142353.htm>.

SOME months ago Dr. Clemens Winkler announced the discovery of a new element which he named germanium, a preliminary account of which has already appeared in these columns. Dr. Winkler has since ...

By 1942 another Bell competitor, AT&T Inc., had started using silicon, germanium’s sister element, to make a semiconductor called a rectifier for radar systems.