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Indium structure

Indium 

structure

Description

Indium is a rare, lustrous silver-white metal with atomic number 49 and In as its atomic symbol. It is widely distributed in the Earth’s crust in minute quantities (0.1 ppm) and is also found in the hydrosphere. Indium belongs to group IIIA in the periodic table. It was found and spectroscopically identified as a minor component in zinc ores and isolated in 1863 by Ferdinand Reich and Theodore Richter. Indium is so named for the indigo blue color that its salts lend to flames. Indium resembles

Indium Basic Attributes

114.82

114.90400

231-180-0

81129970

Characteristics

0

0.33750

White wire

7.31 g/cm3 @ Temp: 20 °C

156.60 °C

2072 °C

2072°C

Insoluble

Flammables area

<0.01 mm Hg ( 25 °C)

Subcutaneous-mouse LDL0: 10 mg/kg

Indium powder is flammable under open flame and high heat; burning produces toxic indium oxide fumes

Explosive reaction with dinitrogen tetraoxide + acetonitrile.

Safety Information

III

8

UN 3089 4.1/PG 2

3

25-26-34-36/37/38-20/21/22-20-11-36/38

9-16-36/37/39-36-26-45-28

NL1050000

C,Xn,F,Xi

Treasury is ventilated, low temperature and dry; stored separately from food additives

Stable. Incompatible with strong acids, strong oxidizing agents, sulfur.

P261-P280-P305 + P351 + P338

H302 + H312 + H332-H315-H319-H335

Toxicity

most toxic

Indium Use and Manufacturing

Methods of Manufacturing

Industrial production is produced from various wastes and intermediate products in the production of lead, zinc, antimony, tin, etc. through oxidation, enrichment, extraction, replacement and electrolysis.

Uses

In bearing alloys; as a thin film on moving surfaces made from other metals.In dental alloys.In semiconductor research.In nuclear reactor control rods (in the form of an Ag-In-Cd alloy).

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