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Indium

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indium /in·di·um/ (In) (in´de-um) chemical element, at. no. 49.
indium 111  an artificial isotope having a half-life of 2.81 days and emitting gamma rays; it is used to label a variety of compounds for nuclear medicine.
in·di·um (nd-m)
n. Symbol In
A soft malleable metallic element found primarily in ores of zinc, used in making dental alloys and in its radioisotope forms in diagnostic radiology. Atomic number 49.
Indium
A silvery metallic element with some nonmetallic chemical properties used to label white blood cells prior to scanning.
Mentioned in: Indium Scan of the Body
indium (In) (in´dēm),
n a silvery metallic element with some nonmetallic chemical properties. Its atomic number is 49, and its atomic weight is 114.82. It is used in electronic semiconductors.
indium
a chemical element, atomic number 49, atomic weight 114.82, symbol In. See Table 6.
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