Indium

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Indium (In) is a chemical element and the atomic number 49. Indium is the softest metal that is non-alkali metal. It is a silvery-white metal in appearance. Indium has a very low melting point at 156C. In the semiconductor industry, it is often used in soldering, and soft-metal high vacuum seals.

Processing Equipment

Process technologies that can be used to deposit/pattern this material. If this is a substrate, refer to what tool/process restrictions there may be and possibly remove the following sub-sections.

Deposition Equipment

• List of equipment for depositing this material
  • Cooke Evaporator

Etching Equipment

• Wet Etching
• RIE

Characterization Equipment

• Material Properties
  • Woollam M-2000 Ellipsometer
  • NanoSpec 6100
  • Rame-Hart Goniometer

Applications

Indium has many applications through its many compounds.

Processes

• List of chemical (or otherwise) processes for this material

References

• Citations/references for this material