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Germanium
Metalloid · p-block · ring N · spoke 14
Germanium is element 32, a metalloid. It sits on ring N (period 4) on spoke 14, the carbon group. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 5.32 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
|---|---|---|
| Melting point | 1,211 K · 938 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 3,106 K · 2,833 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 2.01 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 762 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 72.6308 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 1.5 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1886 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Its discoverer first planned to call it neptunium, but dropped the idea because another proposed element already had that name.
- Found in 1886 in silver-rich argyrodite near Freiberg and named after its discoverer's homeland. Used in fiber optics.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 14: Carbon group
Ring N (period 4)
Play with Germanium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.