Definitions for indium

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indium in·di·um

Spelling: [in-dee-uh m]

IPA: /ˈɪn di əm/

Indium is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in indium (diimnu).

Definitions for indium

noun

1. a rare metallic element, soft, white, malleable, and easily fusible, found combined in various ore minerals, especially sphalerite: so called from the two indigo-blue lines in its spectrum. Symbol: In; atomic weight: 114.82; atomic number: 49; specific gravity: 7.3 at 20°C.

Origin of indium

1860-65; New Latin, equivalent to ind(icum) indigo + -ium -ium

Examples for indium

The following process for the detection of indium in zinc-blende, and its extraction from the same source, is given by Winkler.

indium, in′di-um, n. a soft malleable silver-white metallic element.

In properties gallium is more or less intermediate between the metals aluminium and indium.

indium oxide, In2O3, is a yellow powder which is formed on ignition of the hydroxide.

Lecoq de Boisbaudran and E. Jungfleisch, on the extraction of gallium from the ores in which it is found associated with indium.

indium, a metallic elementary body of rare occurrence, and first discovered in zinc-blende in 1863.

When examined by means of the spectroscope, the flame of indium reveals two brilliant bands—a violet and a blue one.

Antimony follows closely in the track of gallium and indium, the upper ring of spheres being identical.

III a.—Aluminium, gallium and indium were examined from this group.

Precipitation with sulphuretted hydrogen does not give exact results on account of the solubility of the indium sulphide.