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Germanium (Ge)
Atomic number: 32 · Category: metalloid · Group 14 · Period 4 · Phase: Solid
Germanium is a chemical element with symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group, chemically similar to its group neighbors tin and silicon. Purified germanium is a semiconductor, with an appearance most similar to elemental silicon.
Atomic mass: 72.6308
Density: 5.323
Melting point: 1211.4 K
Boiling point: 3106 K
Appearance: grayish-white
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Block: p
Molar heat: 23.222
CPK color:#668f8f
Electronic structure
Electron configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p2
Configuration (semantic): [Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p2
Shells: 2, 8, 18, 4
Electronegativity (Pauling): 2.01
Electron affinity: 118.9352
Ionization energies: 762, 1537.5, 3302.1, 4411, 9020
Periodic position
Group: 14
Period: 4
xpos: 14
ypos: 4
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