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Germanium-Silicon Interactions in Biological Systems

  • Azam F
  • Volcani B
Springer New York, (1981), 43-67
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5944-2_3
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Abstract

Germanium and silicon* co-occur in group IV-A of the Periodic Table. The two elements have similar outer shells and their ionic radii are also very similar (Ge = 0.47 Å; Si = 0.42 õ). Ge therefore resembles Si in its chemical properties (Jolly, 1966), and...

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Azam, F., & Volcani, B. E. (1981). Germanium-Silicon Interactions in Biological Systems. In Silicon and Siliceous Structures in Biological Systems (pp. 43–67). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5944-2_3

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