Germanium monoxide, GeO, is a chemical compound of
germanium
Germanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white and similar in appearance to silicon. It is a metalloid in the carbon group that is chemically similar to its group neighbors ...
and
oxygen
Oxygen is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements ...
. It can be prepared as a yellow sublimate at 1000 °C by reacting
GeO2 with Ge metal. The yellow sublimate turns brown on heating at 650 °C.
GeO is not well characterised.
It is
amphoteric dissolving in acids to form germanium(II) salts and in alkali to form "trihydroxogermanates" or "germanites" containing the Ge(OH)
3− ion.
[Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001) ''Inorganic Chemistry'', Elsevier ]
Chemistry
Germanium oxide decomposes to Ge and GeO
2.
[Shriver and Atkins. Inorganic Chemistry (5th Edition). W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2010, pp 365.]
See also
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Germanium dioxide
References
Germanium(II) compounds
Oxides
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