Germanium is a semiconductor in group IVA of the periodic table. It has an atomic number of 32, an atomic weight of 72.59, and a density of 5.32 Mg/m 3. Its melting temperature is 937.4 C. Germanium ...

Company works on the market of materials and chemical products, used in high-technology applications in optics, electronics, chemistry, aerospace equipment, in telecommunications and solar power ...

Exports of antimony and germanium products in the first quarter were down 57% and 39%, respectively, compared to a year earlier. March exports of gallium hit their lowest level since October 2023.

China is the biggest global source of gallium and germanium, which are produced in small amounts but are needed to make ...

Germanium is used in fiber optic systems and infrared optics, solar cells, and transistors. Antimony is a flame retardant in various products, a component in lead-acid batteries, and an ingredient ...

Takashi Yagi from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, investigated the multivalley optical switching phenomenon in germanium (Ge) films. They focused on ...

a move that threatens to disrupt global supply chains of key industrial products. Many of these metals, including gallium and germanium, are imported by Japanese companies and used in ...