Article | REF: M2368 V1

Metallurgy of the indium

Authors: Pierre BLAZY, El-Aïd JDID

Publication date: September 10, 2009

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1. Properties

The metal, discovered in 1863 by Ferdinand Reich and Hyeronimus Theodor Richter of the Freiberg School of Mines (Germany), is a soft, shiny, lustrous metal. The natural metal is a mixture of 96% 115 In and 4% 113 In, which are its two isotopes.

Indium belongs to Group IIIB, along with gallium and thallium. Its atomic characteristics are listed in table 1 .

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