1. “The best thing since Bubble Gum. It’s… INDIUM!”

2. An accidental discovery, with extraordinary benefits!
Ferdinand Reich
Hieronymus Theodor Richter
The year to thank!
Theodor Richter
Ferdinand Reich

3. Got a cracked Television screen, for some strange reason?
INDIUM HAS GOT YOU COVERED!
Indium oxide + Tin oxide = Amazing LCD screens
Not only can you use it to make a new television screen…
You can coat your phone screen, computer screen, even your aircraft windshields

4. Need a quick Hair Check?
CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONAL MIRROR WITH INDIUM!!!
Just as reflective as Silver, but doesn’t tarnish as quickly!
Thanks to Indium… you’re lookin good!

5. ITS ISOTOPES WILL GIVE YOU HOPE!
Medically Beneficial!
Radioactive isotopes that trace harmful medical conditions
Indium-111 used to search for tumors, internal bleeding, infections
Indium-113 examines the liver, spleen, brain, pulmonary system, and circulatory system

6. INDIUM SAVES ENERGY! Indium saves ENERGY and the ENVIRONMENT
Indium is found in solar panels
Collect energy from plastic solar cells

7. INDIUM… THE ELEMENT OF THE FUTURE And I see it in YOUR future
INDIUM… THE ELEMENT OF THE FUTURE And I see it in YOUR future! Buy it NOW!

8. By: Carla Mendoza Marrero Honors Chemistry ½
Indium
By: Carla Mendoza Marrero
Honors Chemistry ½

9. History of Indium
Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymus Theodor Richter (1863)
Indigo blue line found in zinc ore spectrum
Indium named after indigo

10. Properties of Indium Atomic #: 49 Atomic Weight: 114.818
Melting Point: degrees Celsius
Boiling Point: 2072 degrees Celsius
Density: 7.31 grams/cm3

11. More properties! Phase at Room Temperature: Solid
Element Classification: Metal
Period #: 5
Group #: 13
Softer than lead
Remains soft and easy to work with at very low temperatures
Temperatures near absolute zero (-273 degrees Celsius)

12. Indium’s natural creation
Goes through S-process in low mass stars
Slow-neutron-capture process
Takes THOUSANDS of years!
Cadmium needed to capture neutrons
Undergo Beta decay

13. Where is Indium found? Earth’s crust
Slightly more abundant than silver
Relatively rare
Zinc ores

14. Hazards! Exposure through: inhalation, ingestion, skin or eye contact
Very poisonous when injected into skin
Irritation of eyes, skin and respiratory system
Possible liver, kidney, heart, blood defects
Pulmonary edema (fluid build up in lung air sacks)

15. What is indium used for? Primary use: Making Alloys
Sometimes added to gold and platinum to make them harder
Used in electronic devices and dental materials
Used with germanium to make transistors (found in computers in cell phones)

16. What is Indium used for? Coats bearings in aircraft engines
Makes thin films for LCD displays
Indium Gallium Arsenide (solar cells)
Mirrors

17. citations
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Indium. Chemistry Explained. C-K/Indium.html
It’s Elemental: The Periodic Table of Elements. Jefferson Lab. tml
Indium. Wikipedia.