Properties
In its pure form, the silvery-white metal indium is so soft that you can flatten it with your hand. If you try to bend it, you can hear a crunching sound known as a "tin scream." It is due to the internal friction of lattice planes sliding against each other. If indium is bent too much, it shatters into crystals.
The melting point of indium is 156.6 °C, one of the lowest of all metals; only mercury and gallium are lower. Indium is liquid over a very wide range of 2,000 °C. In this state, like gallium, it leaves a thin film on glass. Toxic properties are not known.
Expert tip
„There can be no two opinions here - clear buy recommendation! Indium is one of the technology metals that will also be in demand in the long term, because it can hardly be replaced. In terms of price, indium is currently at a level where the opportunities clearly outweigh the risks.
The very low price at the moment is mainly due to the fact that China has mined in stock and flooded the market with three times the annual consumption, but even these capacities will be used up at some point. While demand continues to grow steadily, experts predict that demand will grow by 10% by 2021 alone, and could explode again by 2030.“ Thomas Grob, Tradium
Price development of indium
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