Indium
Abstract
Indium (In) is a technology-critical material with a variety of excellent optical and electrical properties. It has a wide range of applications and most commonly used in the fields of ITO targets. What is attractive is that indium is called “alloy vitamin” because of the “wonderful indium effect”. This material library project is for beginners to get a preliminary understanding of specific property, application and safety matters of indium.
Keywords: indium, technology-critical material, alloy vitamin
Applications
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This section introduces the applications of indium in coatings, ITO targets, semiconductors, solders, aerospace equipment and atomic energy industry. The specific industrial structure, market development prospects and recovery are all mentioned.
Literature Review
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Indium (In) is rare metal of Boron group of periodic table, with atomic number 49 which is the softest metal except for alkali metals. Although it is hardly researched or used for a hundred year since its discovery, it has been attached more and more importance with the rapid development of world industry.
Processing Route
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The main content of this section is the principle, method, process and technical means of extracting indium from raw materials.
Property Profile and Safe Data Sheet
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The detailed parameters of the general properties, thermal properties and electrical properties of indium can be found in this section. The corresponding relationship between nature and application can also be reflected.
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A complete safety data sheet, contains a description of all safety factors, emergency measures, and protective measures.
Manufacturing
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The process of manufacturing indium into products after extraction. The common metal processing methods and the common processing process of indium are introduced in detail.
Acknowledgement
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We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who have provided help in this work.
Sample
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Information about the sample and the process of experiment and storage of the sample.
Characterization
In this section, three characterisation techniques are utilized to obtain the type (qualitative) and content (quantitative) of the elements.
Reflection
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A brief description of the whole process of this work, including the difficulties encountered, personal feelings and gains.
