indium
noun
in·di·um ˈin-dē-əm 
: 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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The studies will focus on more than a dozen critical minerals, including tin and indium geologists say is found across Alaska. 
Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022 Others, like the percentage of indium that ends up in electronics, are necessarily rougher estimates, and the researchers caution against treating any number here as a definitive estimate. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022 The materials the company is using are relatively unusual: aluminum as the superconducting wire and indium arsenide as the semiconductor that surrounds it. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022 An Australian scientist may have developed a solution that would help the world wean itself off of indium. Frank Holmes, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Most of the worries about solar panel production have focused on the elements that go into the panels themselves, like gallium, cadmium, germanium, indium, selenium, and tellurium. Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2022 Although indium is not technically a rare earth element, its economics are very much the same. Frank Holmes, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 The low-temperature polycrystalline oxide will also use IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) technology for improved efficiency and responsiveness. Chris Smith, BGR, 14 July 2021 Depending on the kind of technology used, a solar module typically requires materials such as glass, silicon, copper, silver, aluminium, cadmium, tellurium, indium, gallium and selenium. Mayank Aggarwal, Quartz, 26 May 2021 See More
Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022 Others, like the percentage of indium that ends up in electronics, are necessarily rougher estimates, and the researchers caution against treating any number here as a definitive estimate. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022 The materials the company is using are relatively unusual: aluminum as the superconducting wire and indium arsenide as the semiconductor that surrounds it. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022 An Australian scientist may have developed a solution that would help the world wean itself off of indium. Frank Holmes, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Most of the worries about solar panel production have focused on the elements that go into the panels themselves, like gallium, cadmium, germanium, indium, selenium, and tellurium. Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2022 Although indium is not technically a rare earth element, its economics are very much the same. Frank Holmes, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 The low-temperature polycrystalline oxide will also use IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) technology for improved efficiency and responsiveness. Chris Smith, BGR, 14 July 2021 Depending on the kind of technology used, a solar module typically requires materials such as glass, silicon, copper, silver, aluminium, cadmium, tellurium, indium, gallium and selenium. Mayank Aggarwal, Quartz, 26 May 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary ind- + New Latin -ium
First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing indium
Medical Definition
indium
noun
in·di·um ˈin-dē-əm
: 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 —symbol In see Chemical Elements Table