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6 Strange Properties of Indium (and How to Use Them to Your Advantage)

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  • Indium

  • Indium is a very unique metal, and some of the unique properties of this material can be used to ‘break the rules’ of traditional bonding and sealing. Indium can be used as a solder (a filler metal used to form a metallurgical bond), or it can be used in many applications in which it is not bonded - such as gaskets or compressible thermal interfaces.

    Here is a directory of six unique indium metal properties:

    These are all properties of pure indium, although indium-bearing alloys with greater than 90% indium typically share the above properties to a lesser extent.

    If you would like to try using indium to your advantage, get ahold of us at AskUs@Indium.com

    ~Jim

    Authored by previous Indium Application Manager Jim Hisert