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Joint Venture of London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's
Health Care London
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Indium
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This
element is not currently measured in this laboratory.
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Indium is a very soft, silvery-white metal with a brilliant lustre. The pure metal gives a high-pitched scream" when bent. It wets glass, as does gallium. It is useful for making low-melting alloys. An alloy of 24% indium and 76% gallium is liquid at room temperature. Canada produces the majority of of the world's supply of indium.
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