| Origin of Name |
From the Latin word Germania, meaning Germany |
| Date and Place of Discovery |
In 1886 in Germany |
| Discovered by |
Clemens Alexander Winkler |
| Common Compounds |
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| Interesting facts |
- In its natural state it is brittle and crystalline.
- It is a gray-white metalloid.
- It is less abundant than either tin or lead. Its ores are rare.
- It's an element that was predicted by Mendeleev in 1871.
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| Common Uses |
- Electronic applications when combined with arsenic or gallium
- Semiconductors
- Transistors
- Component of wide-angle camera lenses and microscope objectives
- Chemotherapy
- Infrared products like spectroscopes
- Wide angle lenses
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