Constituent
Name
GeO2
Official name
Germanium dioxide
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
oxide
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$GeO_2$
Chemical formula
GeO2
Elemental formula
Ge O2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Ge$ Germanium element 1 0.3333333333333333 1 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 2 0.6666666666666666 1 constituent element main
Class
tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type
two non-metal (or one metalloid and one non-metal) atoms tridimensional networks (Ceramics) (11.03)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
trigonal
Crystal class
trapezohedral
Crystal class symbol
32 (D3)
Crystal spacegroup
P3(2)21
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
104.6388 $g/mol$
Density
4.228 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
uniaxial
Refringence sign
positive
Birefringence
0.026
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
1.651
Refraction index $n_{\beta}$
1.677
Color
white
Diaphaneity
translucent
Luster
silky