Abstract
Most of the production of germanium in the U. S. is from byproducts of smelting Tri-State zinc ore. Only in England has commercial manufacture of germanium been reported as a byproduct of the burning of coal.
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Thompson, A.P., Musgrave, J.R. Germanium, Produced As a Byproduct, Has Become of Primary Importance. JOM 4, 1132–1137 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398159
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