I don’t know! But I’m trying to recruit help on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford/status/1595168485004279808
Here’s one reply:
Not sure about germanium specifically, but recall the dopants in silicon crystals could be identified by smell, machinists familiar with the smell of phosphorus lamps could identify n type based on this. Can’t find the original source but:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2977642_A_history_of_the_invention_of_the_transistor_and_where_it_will_lead_us
Not sure about germanium specifically, but recall the dopants in silicon crystals could be identified by smell, machinists familiar with the smell of phosphorus lamps could identify n type based on this. Can’t find the original source but:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2977642_A_history_of_the_invention_of_the_transistor_and_where_it_will_lead_us
https://twitter.com/carmichaeljr/status/1595177270959800322
Many Thanks !
Let’s hope it works.
I don’t know! But I’m trying to recruit help on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford/status/1595168485004279808
Here’s one reply:
https://twitter.com/carmichaeljr/status/1595177270959800322
Many Thanks !
Let’s hope it works.