Germanium Sputtering Targets (Ge)

Germanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group, chemically similar to its group neighbors tin and Silicon. Pure germanium is a semiconductor with an appearance similar to elemental Silicon. Germanium naturally reacts and forms complexes with oxygen in nature like Silicon. But unlike Silicon, it is too reactive to be found naturally on Earth in the free (elemental) state. The Germanium sputtering targets are widely used in semiconductor applications.