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MATERIAL OVERVIEW Characteristics: Ductile, shiny, silver-white metal, softer than lead. Soluble in acids. Insoluble in alkalies. Corrosion-resistant at room temperatures, but oxidizes readily at higher temperatures. Nontoxic. Indium, discovered in 1863, is a silvery, high lustre metal element that is very soft and malleable with a very low melting temperature. Indium is a relatively rare metal, ranking 61st in abundance in the earth's crust. Indium was discovered by Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymus Theodor Richter. While spectrographically analyzing a zinc ore sample they saw the presence of a blue spectral line rather than the aniticipated green thallium line. Realizing they had discovered a new element they named the new metal Indium after the blue (Indigo) spectral line. Indium had limited uses during the 1940's and 50's. However, demand for indium steadily increased with the development of modern electronics. Today most of the world's indium is produced in Canada and China. The bulk of commercially pure indium is consumed in the manufacture of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). LCDs are used in numerous devices such as flat panel monitors, televisions, cell phones and laptop computers. A smaller percentage of commercial pure indium is used in the manufacture of electrical components. Because of indium's ability to conduct electricity and its' low melting temperature it is a component in many low temperature solder alloys. Here at ESPI Metals we produces a variety of finished indium products. We can supply ingots in sizes and weights based upon our customer's specifications. We produce indium shot from ingot. We roll sheet and foil and extrude rod and wire. We also manufacture preforms to our customer's requirements. Starting from refined indium ingot we roll indium to a variety of widths and thicknesses. Rolled material starts at 0.001"/0.0254mm and can be as thick as 1" or more if required. The maximum width of rolled material is six to twelve inches depending on thickness. Wider material is possible, however call or email your requirement. Extruded wire and rod starts at 0.010/0.25mm. Wire and rod diameters are available in 0.001"/0.025mm diameter increments. We also produce a variety of indium alloys. Indium alloys can be found in our online catalog page 'Indium Alloys'. To view a photo of the item hover over the
GENERAL PROPERTIES
INDIUM VIDEO CLIPS
TYPICAL ANALYSES Impurities in ppm
INDIUM WIRE
Wire is spooled to order and sold by the foot or meter. Additional diameters are available upon request. Call or e-mail for a quotation.
INDIUM ROD
Rod is cut to order and sold by the inch or foot. Additional diameters are available upon request. Call or e-mail for a quotation.
INDIUM FOIL
Foil is cut to order and sold by the square inch or square foot. Additional thicknesses are available upon request. Call or e-mail for a quotation.
INDIUM SHEET
Sheet is cut to order and sold by the square inch or square foot. Additional thicknesses are available upon request. Call or e-mail for a quotation.
INDIUM SPUTTERING TARGETS
Additional sizes and sputtering targets produced from compounds are available upon request.
INDIUM POWDER, SHOT, PELLETS, & INGOT
Powder, shot, pellets, and ingots are packaged to order and sold by the gram.
INDIUM COMPOUNDS Compounds are packaged to order and sold by the gram or kilogram.
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