The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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Critical Minerals Alliances 2022 - September 12, 2022
The largest use for germanium is in fiber-optic cables, where it helps to prevent the loss of signal over long distances.
Tech metalloid boasts superior semiconductor, optical qualities
From NASA's Gateway space station that will serve as a critical outpost circling the Moon to more down-to-Earth applications such as quantum computers that are millions of times faster than their classical counterparts and fiber optic cables that send data at the speed of light, germanium is among the techiest of the tech metals.
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