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Camera Lenses

 CAMERA LENSES
Germanium is used in the manufacture of wide-angle camera lenses. The element gives special properties to the glass.
SEMICONDUCTORS
Because germanium has traits that are similar to silicon and tin, the semiconductor industry uses germanium on a regular basis.
Silicon Wafer
Alloys

 ALLOYS
It's not that germanium is some awesome metal, it's just a good element to add to other metals. In the same way that you might add carbon to steel manufacturing, sometimes you add germanium.
FLUORESCENT LAMPS
Those big fluorescent tubes have a coating on the inside that allows them to glow. Germanium is one of the elements on the inside of the fluorescent bulbs.
Fluorescent Lamps


 
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