Germanium sinadari ne mai lambar atomic 32 da kuma alamar Ge, sannan yana cikin rukunin metalloids. Yana da siffofin sinadarai biyu: yana kama da farin ƙarfe wajen kyalli da taushi, kuma yana da siffofi na sinadaran baƙin ƙarfe musamman wajen haɗuwa da wasu sinadarai da kuma yadda yake ɗaukar wutar lantarki. Ma’anar kasancewar shi metalloid shi ne yana tsakanin, ba farin ƙarfe cikakke ba kuma ba baƙin sinadari gabaɗaya ba. Wannan matsayi na tsaka-tsaki ne ya sa aka fi amfani da shi a fannin ƙera na’urori na zamani. Muhimmancinsa ya fi bayyana a masana’antar lantarki da fasahar sarrafa bayanai, inda ake amfani da shi a matsayin semiconductor, wato sinadari da yake iya ɗaukar lantarki a yanayi na musamman. Wannan siffa ta sa ya zama tubalin cigaban kwamfutoci, wayoyin zamani, da na’urorin sadarwa da ke dogara da microchips. A saboda haka, Germanium ba sinadari ba ne kawai, yana daga cikin sinadaran da suka taimaka wajen ɗaga ilimin zamani zuwa matakin da duniya take kai yanzu.
Siffa da launin sinadarin Germanium
Tarihin sinadaran Germanium
An germanium a shekarar 1886 ta hannun Clemens Winkler, masanin sinadarai ɗan ƙasar Jamus, lokacin da yake nazarin wani dutse mai daraja da ake kira argyrodite. A yayin wannan bincike ne ya ware wani sabon sinadari da bai yi kama da wanda aka sani a lokacin ba, wanda daga bisani ya tabbatar da cewa wani sabon sinadari ne mai zaman kansa. Ya sa sunansa daga kalmar Latin ta Jamus wato Germania, domin nuna dangantaka da ƙasarsa. Gano Germanium ya cika hasashen da Dmitri Mendeleev ya yi tun kafin a gano shi, saboda wajen tsara jadawalin sinadarai ya yi hasashen cewa akwai gurbi da bai cika ba a layin da yake tsakanin silicon da tin, wanda daga baya Germanium ya cika daidai. Wannan shi ya sa gano shi ya zama ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka tabbatar da ingancin jadawalin sinadarai a tarihin kimiyya.
Daga tsakiyar karni na ashirin zuwa yau, Germanium ya taka rawar gani wajen samar da ci gaban fasahar lantarki. A shekarar 1940 zuwa 1950 ne aka fara amfani da shi wajen kera transistors, wanda ya maye gurbin vacuum tubes da ake amfani da su a da. Wannan canjin ya ba da damar gina na’urori ƙanana masu ƙarfin aiki, wanda daga ciki aka fara samun kwamfutoci da injinan sadarwa irin na zamani. Har ila yau, duk da cewa Silicon ya mamaye masana’antar semiconductors, Germanium yana ci gaba da zama sinadari mai daraja saboda kyawun conductivity ɗinsa da yadda yake aiki a cikin fiber optics, infrared systems, da wasu nau’o’in microelectronics da ke bukatar daidaito da inganci.
Siffofin sinadaran Germanium
Germanium yana da ƙyalli mai kama da na ƙarfe, launinsa yana yi wa ido kama da azurfa, kuma wannan kyalli yana sa a iya ganin shi cikin sauƙi idan ya kasance a siffarsa tsantsa. Bai da launin baƙin ƙarfe ko ruwan kasa kamar wasu metalloids, sai dai kamanninsa na zahiri ya fi kusanci da ƙarfe na asali.
Siffofinsa da wasu sinadarai da ya ƙunsa sun sa ya zama sinadari mai ɗorewa. Yana da juriyar lalacewa daga iska ko danshi, ba ya oxidizing cikin sauri, don haka ba ya ruɓewa ko sauƙin canja launi kamar yadda wasu sinadarai kan nuna. Wannan tsayayyiyar siffa tana ba shi daraja a fannin sarrafa kayan lantarki da kayan aikin haske.
A bangaren lantarki, Germanium yana ɗaukar wutar lantarki ne ba kai tsaye ba, sai a yanayi ko yanayin zafi da ya dace. Wannan shi ne ainihin ma’anar kasancewarsa semiconductor. A cikin injinan lantarki na zamani, ana sarrafa shi ta hanyar ƙara wasu sinadarai kaɗan domin ya karɓi wuta ko ya rage karɓuwa gwargwadon bukata. Wannan siffa ta sa ake amfani da shi wajen ƙera transistors, diodes da sauran sassan microcircuits.
A tsarin narkewa da tafasa, Germanium yana narkewa a zafin da ya kai 938 °C, sannan yana tafasa a 2833 °C. Wannan tazarar tsakanin narkewa da tafasa na nuna cewa yana bukatar zafi mai yawa kafin ya canja siffa, wanda ke ƙara tabbatar da karfinsa da dorewarsa. Wannan ma yana taimaka masa wajen zama kayan da ya dace da injina ko na’urori da ke aiki a yanayi mai zafi ko canjin makamashi.
Daga bangaren jadawalin sinadarai kuma, Germanium yana cikin rukuni na 14, tare da sinadaran Silicon, Carbon da Tin. Wannan matsayi ya nuna alakar kwayoyin halittarsa, inda yake da siffofi masu kama da Silicon, musamman a fannin semiconductors, duk da cewa shi da Tin suna da bambance-bambancen da suka shafi nauyi da tsarin electrophilicity.
Samuwar Germanium a doron ƙasa
Germanium ba ya samuwa a doron ƙasa a siffarsa ta tsantsa. Yana kasancewa ne a cikin duwatsu da ma’adanai na ƙarfe amma a ƙananan kaso sosai, wanda hakan ya sa samun shi ya kasance mai ɗan wahala idan aka kwatanta da wasu sinadarai. Babban tushen Germanium shi ne duwatsu masu ɗauke da zinc, musamman sphalerite, saboda a cikin wannan dutse ana samun gram kaɗan na Germanium a kowane nauyi mai yawa. Haka kuma yana fitowa a cikin coal, wato ƙasa mai wadatar carbon da ake tonowa domin samar da makamashi. Tashin hayaki da tarkacen kwal a masana’antu ma wani lokaci na iya ƙunsar Germanium wanda daga baya ake iya tacewa. Sauran duwatsu da ake iya samun shi sun haɗa da germanite da wasu ma’adanai marasa yawa da suka shafi ƙarafa masu haɗin sulfur.
Hanyoyin samar da Germanium
Hanyar samar da Germanium na bukatar dabaru na sinadarai da tacewa. Bayan a haƙar ma’adinai, ana niƙa dutsen sannan a narkar da shi da haɗe-haɗen sinadarai kamar acids domin a fitar da abubuwan haɗin. Germanium yana iya kasancewa a cikin sulfides, oxides ko wani nau’i na haɗin sinadarai, don haka dole ne a bi matakai daban-daban domin a ware shi daga sinadarai masu rakiyar shi. A wasu lokuta, ana amfani da tsari na roasting, wato ƙonawa da iska, domin a canja wasu sinadaran cikin ma’adanin zuwa wasu siffofi da za su iya narkewa cikin ruwa ko acid. Bayan haka ne ake aiwatar da precipitation ko electrolysis; dangane da nau’in ma’adanin da ake aiki da shi domin a ware Germanium a siffar tatacce ko kusa da tatacce.
A masana’antu, ana kuma samun Germanium a matsayin ribar ƙafa (by-product) daga aikin tace zinc da copper. Wannan shi ne babban dalilin da ya sa samar da Germanium ya fi yin nasaba da masana’antar ƙarafa maimakon haƙar sinadarin kai tsaye. Bayan ware shi, ana ƙara tace shi ta hanyar zone refining ko distillation domin a samar da nau’in da ya dace da amfani a fasahar semiconductors, saboda wannan bangare yana bukatar Germanium mai tatacce sosai, tare da kusan babu wani datti na sinadarai da ke cikinsa.
Kaɗan daga cikin abin da ke ƙara masa daraja shi ne cewa ba a samun shi cikin yawa kamar wasu sinadarai, kuma wannan ƙaranci yana sa kasuwarsa da bukatarsa a masana’antu su kasance masu tasiri. A saboda haka, duk lokacin da ake ƙara buƙatar shi a fasahar zamani, masana’antu kan ƙara zuba jari wajen gano sabbin hanyoyin tacewa da fitar da shi daga ma’adanan da ake da shi.
Amfanin sinadarin Germanium
Fannin lantarki
Amfani da Germanium ya fi karkata a harkokin lantarki da fasahar sadarwa, musamman saboda kasancewar shi semiconductor. Wannan siffa ta ba shi damar zama sinadari mai sarrafa wutar lantarki gwargwadon yanayin da aka saka shi ciki. Saboda haka an dogara da shi wajen ƙera transistors, diodes, rectifiers har ma da solar cells. A farkon shekarun samuwar microelectronics, Germanium ya kasance jigon ƙera na’urorin kwamfuta da na sadarwa kafin Silicon ya yi fice. Har yanzu ana amfani da shi a wasu nau’ikan na’urori masu buƙatar high-frequency electronics da low-signal amplification.
Na’urorin haske da gilasai
A bangaren fiber optics, Germanium yana taka rawar gani wajen ƙera gilashin da ke watsa haske a tazarar nisa mai tsawo ba tare da lalacewar sigina ba. Amfani da shi a fiber optic cables ya ƙara masa mahimmanci, saboda yadda yake karɓar hasken infrared cikin inganci kuma ba ya tsuke ko rage gudun bayanai. Wannan ya sa aka dogara da shi a tsarin sadarwar intanet, broadband da sauran hanyoyin isar da bayanai ta haske.
Ƙera madubai na musamman
A fannin infrared optics kuma ana kera lens da madubai na musamman daga Germanium. Hasken infrared da ido ba ya gani ana iya gani ta hanyar na’urorin da aka ƙera da shi. Wannan ya sa ya zama sinadari mai muhimmanci a fasahar binciken sararin samaniya, na’urorin hangen nesa na sojoji, thermal cameras, telescopes da na’urorin gano dumamar jiki ko ƙananan motsi a duhu.
Haɗin ƙarafa
A amfani na ƙarshe, Germanium yana shiga cikin alloys tare da wasu ƙarafa domin ƙarfafa su ko canja yanayinsu. Idan aka haɗa shi da ƙarfe kaɗan, yana iya ƙara juriyar lalacewa, ƙarfi da tsawon daɗewar kayan aiki. Wannan ya sa ake amfani da alloys ɗin da ke dauke da Germanium a cikin na’urorin injina masu ɗaukar matsananciyar zafi, kayan aiki na masana’antu, injinan binciken sararin samaniya da wasu sassa da ke bukatar ƙarfe mai nagarta.
Rabe-raben isotopes na Germanium
Germanium yana da isotopes guda biyar masu ɗorewa, waɗanda ake samu a ɗabi’a (natural), kuma kowannensu yana da siffofi na musamman da ke bayyana amfani da shi a kimiyya da fasaha. Wadannan isotopes su ne ^70Ge, ^72Ge, ^73Ge, ^74Ge, da ^76Ge.
- Germanium (^70Ge): shi ne isotope mai ɗorewa wanda yake da ƙarancin kaso a cikin Germanium da ke wanzuwar a tsarin ɗabi’a. Yana taka rawa a fannin nazarin tsarin kwayoyin halitta da kuma binciken geochemical tracing.
- Germanium (^72Ge): wannan ma isotope ne mai ɗorewa, wanda ake amfani da shi wajen gwaje-gwaje na semiconductors da wasu aikace-aikacen bincike na lantarki.
- Germanium (^73Ge): shi ma yana ɗorewa, kuma yana da amfani musamman wajen nazarin magnetic properties saboda yana da nuclear spin, wanda masana kimiyya ke amfani da shi a fannin NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance).
- Germanium (^74Ge): shi ne isotope mafi yawa a cikin Germanium na ɗabi’a, wanda ke da kaso kimanin 36.5% daga jimillar Germanium da ake samu. Saboda yawansa, shi ne aka fi amfani da shi wajen samar da Germanium tatacce domin microelectronics da fiber optics.
- Germanium (^76Ge): yana da ɗan rauni a yanayin radioactive, kuma yana yin “double beta decay” a cikin dogon lokaci mai ɗaukar kusan 1.78 × 10²¹ shekaru. Wannan ya sa masana kimiyya ke amfani da shi a fannin binciken neutrinos da nazarin asalin sinadarai na duniya.
Baya ga isotopes masu ɗorewa, haka kuma Germanium na da isotopes guda 27 da aka kirkira a masana’antu ko ɗakunan gwaje-gwaje, waɗanda ke da nau’ikan mass number daga 58 zuwa 89. Wadannan isotopes na wucin gadi suna da amfani wajen gwaje-gwajen kimiyya, nazarin radiation, da kuma wasu aikace-aikacen bincike na musamman inda ake bukatar isotope mai ɗan ƙarancin tsawon rai.
A fannin lantarki, isotopes ɗin Germanium suna taimaka wajen sarrafa conductivity, musamman lokacin da ake yin semiconductors na musamman. Isotopes masu ɗorewa suna ba da tabbacin cewa microchips da transistors za su yi aiki cikin kwanciyar hankali ba tare da lalacewa daga radiation ko canjin kwayoyin halitta ba. Wannan shi ne dalilin da ya sa Germanium ke da muhimmanci a masana’antar microelectronics, fiber optics, infrared optics, da sauran bangarori na fasahar zamani.
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