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  1. 01-05-2017, 12:22 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrappah View Post
    When you're doing e-waste you need large volumes of material to make it profitable. From what i could tell Germanium was used during the 1950's in the manufacture of transistors & such.
    Germanium transistors and diodes are still manufactured and sold to this day. Main modern use is in music / sound equipment .

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