: 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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To do so, the team fabricated a device that placed the indium arsenide wire in close proximity to a quantum dot—close enough that electrons could tunnel in between them.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
As such, Intertek analyzed whether these ingredients were present; their findings demonstrate that certain TCL TVs were found to lack cadmium and indium.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
Every phone screen has a super-thin layer of a material called indium tin oxide.
—Terence Musho, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Chinese state newspaper the Global Times also announced export controls on items related to tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
As such, Intertek analyzed whether these ingredients were present; their findings demonstrate that certain TCL TVs were found to lack cadmium and indium.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
Every phone screen has a super-thin layer of a material called indium tin oxide.
—Terence Musho, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Chinese state newspaper the Global Times also announced export controls on items related to tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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indium
noun
in·di·um
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: 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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