Comments on: Indium Element Facts

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:14:49 +0000

Of what purity?

By: nighthawk

nighthawk — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:06:18 +0000

How much would it cost for one gram?

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:28:01 +0000

High Nightwawk, Indium’s density is 7.31 g/cm3, so each cubic centimeter of indium has a mass of 7.31 grams. Alternatively, we can say that the average indium atom has a mass of 114.8 atomic mass units.

By: nighthawk

nighthawk — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:19:56 +0000

How much mass is there in this element.

By: Ciera

Ciera — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:25:53 +0000

This really did help me !

By: STeve jones

STeve jones — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:06:51 +0000

There’s a good reference here to a use of indium for making cryogenic seals (http://www.cmr-direct.com/how-to-make-indium-seals) – now that really is chemicool!

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:15:43 +0000

Hi Turtle, In the Abundance and Isotopes section above, we say that Indium isn’t mined alone – it’s found as a by-product of zinc mining. China is currently the world’s biggest source of indium. The USA imports all of the indium it uses just now – over half of this comes from China and Canada.

By: turtle

turtle — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:36:14 +0000

Where is it most commonly found?

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:00:57 +0000

Thanks for your kind words Erich and for letting us know about the typo, which we’ve now corrected.

By: Erich

Erich — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:03:13 +0000

As a chemist for >40 years I am quite impressed with this series of element facts you have put together. It’s nice to still have things to learn and I have an even greater appreciation for the elemental building blocks of this universe.
I noticed a small typo in the indium isotopes. The most stable is 113In but the most abundant is 115In which is radioactive as you have listed. The isotope listed is the 113In.