Germanium

Germanium

allotrope
Ge

The diamond-cubic form of germanium — the structure that made transistors possible

← Allotrope of Germanium

This diamond-like atomic arrangement in germanium launched the age of the transistor in the 1940s.

A crystalline allotrope of Germanium (space group F d -3 m :2), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 1563565).

Material

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Frame

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityGermanium — Fd-3m :2
FormulaGe
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupF d -3 m :2
Lattice (a, b, c) Å5.6455, 5.6455, 5.6455
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)

Allotropes