Germanium oxide is water soluble.
Germanium was used to make the first transistor.
The electron\hole mobilities are about three times higher in germanium than in silicon.
A computer composed of germanium transistors could operate much faster and cooler because of the higher electron/hole mobilities, low bandgap, and high dopant solubility. Germanium never caught on because: germanium is expensive and there are no point sources in the earth's crust, the oxide is soluble, poorly passivating, and thermally unstable.
Polonium is the only metal with simple cubic packing.
Germanium was used to make the first transistor.
The electron\hole mobilities are about three times higher in germanium than in silicon.
A computer composed of germanium transistors could operate much faster and cooler because of the higher electron/hole mobilities, low bandgap, and high dopant solubility. Germanium never caught on because: germanium is expensive and there are no point sources in the earth's crust, the oxide is soluble, poorly passivating, and thermally unstable.
Polonium is the only metal with simple cubic packing.