Washington / DC / Revere / Quapaw / Plainview / London / Clarksville / /
Company
Eagle-Picher Industries Inc. / Savage Resources Ltd. / Cabot Corp. / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Savage Zinc Inc. / Atomergic Chemetals Corp. / /
Country
Germany / Romania / Netherlands / Estonia / Latvia / Belgium / France / Japan / Russia / Austria / United States / Soviet Union / Canada / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Lithuania / Israel / Finland / Ukraine / Spain / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
Elmwood-Gordonsville Mine / /
IndustryTerm
infrared optical devices / AIDS Treatment / aerospace applications / telecommunications industry / infrared-optical systems / weapon-sighting applications / zinc mining operations / manufacturing process / zone-refined metal ingots / metal / satellite systems / germanium metal / electrical/solar applications / fiber-optic systems / fiberoptic interconnect hardware / health-food stores / automation solutions / infrared optical systems / polycrystalline germanium metal / volume applications / photonic devices / /
Organization
Defense Logistics Agency / Food and Drug Administration / Bureau of the Census / Electro-Optic Materials Department / National Council Against Health Fraud / U.S. Bureau / British government / Indiana School of Business / U.S. Department of Defense / Congress / Union Minière's Germanium Business Unit in Belgium / /
Position
producer / producer in the United States / /
ProvinceOrState
Alaska / New York / Tennessee / Pennsylvania / Oklahoma / /
GERMANIUM By Earle B. Amey Germanium is a grayish-white, metallic element with the properties of a semiconductor, i.e., electrical characteristics between those of a metal and an insulator. It is commercially available a