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Indium
General | States | Energies | Oxidation & Electrons |Appearance & Characteristics
Reactions | Other Forms |Radius | Conductivity | Abundance
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General
Name Indium Symbol In
atomic number 49 Atomic weight 114.82
Density @ 293 K 7.31 g/cm3 Atomic volume 15.7 cm3/mol
Group Metal discovered 1863

States
state (s, l, g) s
melting point 429.81 K boiling point 2353 K
Heat of fusion 3.263 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization 231.50 kJ/mol
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Energies
1st ionization energy 558.3 kJ/mole electronegativity 1.78
2nd ionization energy 1820.6 kJ/mole electron affinity 30 kJ/mole
3rd ionization energy 2704.5 kJ/mole Specific heat 0.23 J/gK
heat atomization 243 kJ/mole atoms

Oxidation & Electrons
Shells 2,8,18,18,3 electron configuration [Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p1
minimum oxidation number 0 maximum oxidation number 3
min. common oxidation no. 0 max. common oxidation no. 3
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Appearance & Characteristics
structure distorted fcc structure color silvery-white
uses transistors, photocells toxicity
hardness 1.2 mohs characteristics soft

Reactions
reaction with air mild, = In2O3 reaction with 6M HCl mild, = H2, InCl3
reaction with 6M HCl mild, = H2, InCl3 reaction with 15M HNO3 mild, = In(NO3)3
reaction with 6M NaOH none
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Other Forms
number of isotopes 2 hydride(s)
oxide(s) In2O3 chloride(s) InCl InCl3

Radius
ionic radius (2- ion) pm ionic radius (1- ion) pm
atomic radius 167 pm ionic radius (1+ ion) pm
ionic radius (2+ ion) pm ionic radius (3+ ion) 94 pm
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Conductivity
thermal conductivity 81.8 J/m-sec-deg electrical conductivity 119.474 1/mohm-cm
polarizability 9.7 A^3

Abundance
source Zn/Pb smelting by-product rel. abund. solar system -0.735 log
abundance earth's crust -1 log cost, pure 120 $/100g
cost, bulk $/100g
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