Element 49 · Solid at room temperature
Indium
Looks like: silvery lustrous gray.
Indium is atom number 49 — every Indium atom has exactly 49 protons in its center, and that number is what makes it Indium and nothing else. Its symbol is In. At room temperature it is a solid.
Indium is a chemical element with symbol In and atomic number 49. It is a post-transition metallic element that is rare in Earth's crust. The metal is very soft, malleable and easily fusible, with a melting point higher than sodium, but lower than lithium or tin.
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Indium sits in period 5, group 13 of the p-block. Its 49 electrons fill shells of 2, 8, 18, 18, 3 — written as [Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p1. Its electronegativity is 1.78 on the Pauling scale, and pulling the first electron off takes 558.3 kJ/mol. The outermost shell holds 3 electrons — the ones that do all the chemistry.
Full configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p1
Ionization energies (kJ/mol): 558.3, 1820.7, 2704, 5210
Electron affinity: 37.043 kJ/mol · Electronegativity (Pauling):
1.78
Density: 7.31
g/cm³ · melts 429.7485 K · boils 2345 K
Values exactly as published — see where the data comes from.
Atomic mass
114.8181u
Density
7.31g/cm³
Melts
429.7485 K
Boils
2345 K
The units on this page — explained by Unitii
Indium's family
Elements in the same column share their outer-electron count, so they behave alike.
Source
Discovered by Ferdinand Reich.
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