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Question
Give two uses of Germanium
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Solution
- Germanium is used as a semiconductor.
- It is used as a transistor in many electronic applications when mixed with arsenic, gallium, antiomony, etc.
- Germanium is also used to form alloys and as a phosphor in fluorescent lamps
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