: a silvery malleable fusible chiefly trivalent metallic element that occurs especially in sphalerite ores and is used especially as a plating material, in alloys, and in electronics see Chemical Elements Table
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Others less so: Tiny flecks of indium make the screen sensitive to the touch of a finger.
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Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
For example, our group recently demonstrated the attachment of an indium phosphide die to an SoIF for potential use in high-frequency circuits.
—Puneet Gupta, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2019
The testing was supposed to detect cadmium if present at a minimum concentration of 0.5 mg per 1 kg, while indium was tested at a minimum detection standard of 2 mg/kg or 5 mg/kg, depending on the testing lab.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
Clinicians experimented with different radioactive payloads under compassionate-use protocols that allow seriously ill patients to have access to experimental treatments, using unstable forms of elements like yttrium and indium before largely coalescing around an isotope of lutetium.
—Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
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Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
For example, our group recently demonstrated the attachment of an indium phosphide die to an SoIF for potential use in high-frequency circuits.
—Puneet Gupta, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2019
The testing was supposed to detect cadmium if present at a minimum concentration of 0.5 mg per 1 kg, while indium was tested at a minimum detection standard of 2 mg/kg or 5 mg/kg, depending on the testing lab.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
Clinicians experimented with different radioactive payloads under compassionate-use protocols that allow seriously ill patients to have access to experimental treatments, using unstable forms of elements like yttrium and indium before largely coalescing around an isotope of lutetium.
—Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
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indium
noun
in·di·um
ˈin-dē-əm 
: a malleable fusible silvery metallic element that is chiefly trivalent, occurs especially in sphalerite ores, and is used as a plating for bearings, in alloys having a low melting point, and in making transistors
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