Product Name: Indium
Cas No.: 7440-74-6
MF: In
MW: 114.82
Appearance: Silver-white metal.
Description:
The boom in the semiconductor industry since the last few decades created the demand for extensive Indium usage in a variety of products, chips, transistors and electronic appliances. The craze and popularity of LCD Tvs in the recent years has increased tremendously and Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), an oxide of Indium is widely used in manufacturing of LCD monitors. The increasing uses of indium in the television industry has sought up the price of Indium by many hundred dollars per kilogram. In fact, 50% of the Indium consumption goes in the making liquid crystal displays. LCDs, as we all know are important parts of computer screens, flat screen tv and flat televisions. LCDs also find extensive use in GPS receivers, cameras, PDAs, answering machines and other various setups.