Multiple choice

Historically, the first decade of semiconductor electronics were entirely based on which element?

  1. Germanium

  2. Tin

  3. Helium

  4. Boron

  5. Carbon

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Explanation

Germanium is a chemical element with 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.