Germanium

Collected on planet surfaces and from asteroids.

Germanium, Ge, atomic number 32. Melting point 1211K. Germanium is used in optics and for semiconductors in electronics. Semiconductor detectors allow accurate radiological identification and it is also commonly used in alloys.

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Use data from the Engineering Database and EDEngineer (an ingame overlay to track materials, data & blueprint progress).