Germanium (symbol Ge) is a chemical element, a metalloid with atomic number 32 on the periodic table. Germanium has an atomic mass of 72.59, and was discovered by Humans for the first time on Earth's European continent in the year 1886. (ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual)

Germanium was one of the materials present in the microbrain lifeform on Velara III. (TNG episode: "[[Home Soil]]")

External linksEdit

• Germanium article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Germanium article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.