Indium is used to make what are called thin film coatings which are used to make such electronic devices as liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The compound indium-tin oxide (ITO) is used to make LCDs and this is the largest use of indium, accounting for 50% of annual consumption.
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Indium is used to coat the bearings of high speed motors since it allows for the even distribution of lubricating oil. Indium is used to dope germanium to make transistors. It is also used to make other electrical components such as rectifiers, thermistors and photoconductors.
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Indium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indium (pronounced /ˈɪndiəm/ , IN -dee-əm ) is a chemical element with chemical symbol In and atomic number 49. This rare, soft, malleable and easily fusible post-transition metal is...
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It wets glass and can be used to form a mirror surface that is more corrosion-resistant than, and reflects as well as, one of silver. It is also used in low-melting fusible alloys and as a protective plating for bearings and other metal sur...
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Indium is used mostly for electroplating steel bearings. It is used in sprinklers as an alloy as it lowers the melting point of other metals. This low melting point contributes to its commercial value as an alloying agent for soldering material.
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Indium is used for coating high speed bearings, transistors, rectifiers, thermistors, and photoconductors. Indium is also used in low melting alloys. An alloy of 24% indium and 76% gallium is a liquid at room temperature.
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In Indium 49 114.82 13 ... Reich and Richter discovered Indium. Indium is most frequently associated with zinc minerals and it is form these that most commercial indium is now obtained. It is probably as abundant as silver. Indium is very soft, silvery white metal with a brilliant luster, and the metal gives a high...
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By using gallium selenide, Kelley is laying the groundwork for a similar, but more complex and potentially more effective nanoparticle called indium selenide. It is difficult to make silicon nanoparticles, but indium selenide has great potential for nanoparticle solar cells, Kelley said.
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Exposure to indium phosphide affected the circulating erythroid mass. It induced a microcytic erythrocytosis consistent with bone marrow hyperplasia and hematopoietic cell proliferation of the spleen.
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Indium tin oxide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indium tin oxide ( ITO , or tin-doped indium oxide ) is a solid solution of indium(III) oxide (In 2 O 3 ) and tin(IV) oxide (SnO 2 ), typically 90% In 2 O 3 , 10% SnO 2 by weight. It ...
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