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Indium is built into a billion consumer devices a year, for instance in phone displays, and prices have soared.
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The graph says Indium, which is used in LCD monitors, will run out in 13 years.
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Likewise Indium which is required for today's highest quality solar cells is also quite rare and is had to find in economically feasible deposits.
Ontario Blogs Feed 2009
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The smell of a salt room is a little like ocean air and visitors experience a salty taste on the lips, says Richard Zagrobelny, owner of Iris Salt Rooms LLC, a Kitchener, Ontario, firm that builds salt rooms using Indium Top's Iiris machine.
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“Indium is principally a byproduct of the electrolytic refining of zinc…”
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Repeating the Same Mistake, Over and Over 2009
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Will the world really run out of Indium in 5 years?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Repeating the Same Mistake, Over and Over 2009
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Indium compounds are highly toxic, and can damage the heart, kidney, liver or embryos of those exposed to it.
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Indium prices averaged about $685 per kilogram in 2008, down from a peak of $946 a kilo in 2005, based on the estimates by United States Geological Survey, which forecast a supply deficit for indium for at least another year.
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Will the world really run out of Indium in 5 years?
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Indium is used to make what are called thin film coatings which are used to make such electronic devices as liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
Indium 2008
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