Indium
This is the front side of the game card for Iker The Dragon With The Indium Tipped Tail. Click the pic to take a look at all the fun info on the back. Use it as a memorization tool, a trading card or as science class prizes and rewards.
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Article – The Development of Understanding in Chemistry: From Valence to Transuranium Elements https://www.britannica.com/science/valence-chemistry
Article – The Element Indium https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele049.html
Article & History – About Indium https://www.chemistrylearner.com/indium.html
Facts – About Indium, History, and Uses – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/49/indium
Facts – Facts About Indium https://www.livescience.com/37352-indium.html
Facts – 10 Important Uses Of Indium https://www.refractorymetal.org/uses-of-indium/
Fact Sheet – Indium Deposits – https://en.institut-seltene-erden.de/indium-in-ordnungszahl-49/#:~:text=The%20largest%20deposits%20of%20indium,in%20Canada%2C%20China%20and%20Peru.
Fact Sheet – Indium Deposits – https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/mineral-resource-month-indium/#:~:text=Indium%20production%20and%20consumption%3A,of%20indium%20from%20recycled%20materials.
Wiki – Indium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indium
Indium is an Ampoteric Element – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoterism
Facts – Indium https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Indium
Facts – Facts About Indium https://www.livescience.com/37352-indium.html
Facts – Indium https://chemistrydictionary.org/indium
Facts – Indium https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/49/indium
Facts – Indium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indium
Facts – Indium Facts – In or Element 49 https://sciencenotes.org/indium-facts-in-or-element-49/
Facts – Technical data for Indium https://periodictable.com/Elements/049/data.html
Article – Indium oxide https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304885316305352
Article – indium chemical element https://www.britannica.com/science/indium
Article – Definition of Amphoteric https://www.chemicool.com/definition/amphoteric.html
Indates – https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indate
wiki – Diamagnetism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamagnetism
Article – 20 Interesting Facts About Indium – https://briandcolwell.com/20-interesting-facts-about-indium/
Links and Notes for Iker’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:
General overview / basic properties (scales, malleability, low hardness, melting point)
- Indium — Element information, properties and uses (Royal Society of Chemistry)
- Indium | Properties, Uses, & Facts (Britannica)
- Indium — Wikipedia
The “Indium Cry” (crystal twinning / bending sound)
- Tin cry — Wikipedia (the phenomenon is best documented under this name; indium exhibits the same twinning-driven cry)
- What Is Tin Cry? Explanation of the Term and How to Hear It
- Deformation twinning in low symmetry metals (University of Cambridge DoITPoMS teaching resource — good technical detail on the twinning mechanism)
Superconductivity at low temperature (~3.4 K)
- Superconductivity in the Indium–Tin System (Physical Review — primary research literature)
- List of superconductors (Wikipedia, quick-reference table including indium’s critical temperature)
Indium Tin Oxide / optical-electronic properties (the “invisible circuits” and display magic)
- Indium tin oxide — Wikipedia
- The Role of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) in Touchscreens
- Indium tin oxide, ITO — Chemistry World podcast (Royal Society of Chemistry publication)
Rarity and occurrence alongside zinc ore (the “Hidden Treasure Principle” and Zennik’s zinc warrens)
- Indium Statistics and Information (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Mineral resource of the month: indium (USGS)
- Indium 101 — Earth Abundant Material or Rare? (Indium Corporation, an actual industry producer of the metal)
