Indium
[indiәm]
Definition
(noun.) a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite.
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Definition
(n.) A rare metallic element, discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4.
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Definition
n. a soft malleable silver-white metallic element.
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Examples
- Many hitherto unknown metals have also been discovered through the agency of the spectroscope, among which may be named caesium, rubidium, thallium, and indium. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thallium discovered by Crookes, and Indium by Reich and Richter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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