Germanium - Periodic Table of Videos
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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about germanium. Discover this shiny metal named after Germany.
Germanium is in the same group as carbon and silicon, but while both carbon and silicon have the stable oxidation state of +4, what about germanium? Why is this the case?
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