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The Periodic Table of Elements - 49 - Indium

Indium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol In and an atomic number of 49.  The atomic weight of Indium is 114.818. 

Things you might not know about Indium:

  1. When it is bent, indium emits a high-pitched "cry".
  2. Demand has risen rapidly in recent years with the popularity of LCD computer monitors and television sets, which now account for 50% of indium consumption.
  3. Indium is also used as a thermal interface material by personal computer enthusiasts in the form of pre-shaped foil sheets fitted between the heat-transfer surface of a microprocessor and its heat sink.

 

See GC2XAY2 - Hydrogen, for an explanation about this series of caches.

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