Relative to other electronic metals, Indium has several properties that make indium a key building block of current and future electronic technologies. Some of those properties are:
- High Thermal Conductivity: >80W/m-k
- High Ductility: Indium remains soft/malleable even at cryogenic temperatures
- Low Temperature: Indium Melts at 156.6oC. Indium alloys have melt points from 10.7oC to >200oC
- Cold welding: Pure unoxidized indium will wet to glasses, ceramics & other metals.
- High Electron Mobility: Indium based III-V compound semiconductors, such as InP
- Transparent Thin Films: Indium Tin Oxide transparent conductors enable LCD’s and touch screens
