| Description |
Soft, silvery-white metal. Stable in air and
with water, dissolves in acids. Used in low melting alloys in safety
devices. Semiconductor uses as InAs and InSb in transistors, thermistors,
etc. Diagnostic tests:
there are no simple chemical tests for indium. Atomic Absorption
Spectroscopy is used for quantitative analysis and Energy Dispersive
Analysis of X-rays (EDAX) is used for qualitative analysis.
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