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Germanium, ₃₂Ge

Germanium
Pronunciation	/dʒərˈmeɪniəm/ ​(Template:Respell)
Appearance	grayish-white
Standard atomic weight Ar, std(Ge)	Template:Val
Germanium in the periodic table
Template:Periodic table (32 columns, micro) Si ↑ Ge ↓ Sn gallium ← germanium → arsenic
Atomic number (Z)	32
Group	group 14 (carbon group)
Period	period 4
Block	p-block
Electron configuration	[Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 4
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	1211.40 K ​(938.25 °C, ​1720.85 °F)
Boiling point	3106 K ​(2833 °C, ​5131 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	5.323 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	5.60 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	36.94 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	334 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	23.222 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 1644 1814 2023 2287 2633 3104
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	−4 −3, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4 (an amphoteric oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 2.01
Ionization energies	1st: 762 kJ/mol 2nd: 1537.5 kJ/mol 3rd: 3302.1 kJ/mol
Atomic radius	empirical: 122 pm
Covalent radius	122 pm
Van der Waals radius	211 pm
Spectral lines of germanium
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​face-centered diamond-cubic
Speed of sound thin rod	5400 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	6.0 µm/(m·K)
Thermal conductivity	60.2 W/(m·K)
Electrical resistivity	1 Ω·m (at 20 °C)
Band gap	0.67 eV (at 300 K)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Young's modulus	103 GPa
Shear modulus	41 GPa
Bulk modulus	75 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.26
Mohs hardness	6.0
CAS Number	7440-56-4
History
Naming	after Germany, homeland of the discoverer
Prediction	Dmitri Mendeleev (1871)
Discovery	Clemens Winkler (1886)
Main isotopes of germanium
[[Isotope|IsoTemplate:Shytope]] [[Natural abundance|AbunTemplate:Shydance]] Half-life (t1/2) Decay mode [[Decay product|ProTemplate:Shyduct]] 68Ge syn 270.8 d ε 68Ga 70Ge 21.23% stable 71Ge syn 11.26 d ε 71Ga 72Ge 27.66% stable 73Ge 7.73% stable 74Ge 35.94% stable 76Ge 7.44% 1.78×1021 y β−β− 76Se

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