Used in technical or scientific contexts. Not commonly used in everyday English.

Technical Term

Indium is a rare metal, which may refer to its scarcity in conversation.

Element Rarity

Often mentioned as part of compounds, like 'indium tin oxide' in technical discussions.

Compound Usage

Used when focusing on the individual atom's characteristics.

Atomic Context

Mentioned in academic and scientific studies involving elemental properties.

Scientific Studies

Know that 'In' is the symbol for indium in chemical formulas and equations.

Chemical Symbol

 expressing interest in adopting cradle to cradle protocol and developing common based lists that allow us to share information freely with all the children in the world and the idea here is not to try to be less bad and go buy a hybrid and change your light bulb it says there's only enough indium in the world this light two billion people we have

What if waste did not...

 One model being developed at NASA's jet propulsion laboratory is only a couple centimeters on each side. Here's how it works. That postage-stamp sized metal plate is studded with a hundred skinny needles and coated with a metal that has a low melting point, like indium.

Will future spacecraft...

 ever seen yemen blue has a lot of potential but some of its elements are rare so it's a little too expensive to start painting buildings with it just yet so ma started to experiment and that's when he came across another surprise indium is expensive so we decided to