Indium: historical information

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Indium was discovered by Ferdinand Reich, Hieronymus Theodor Richter at 1863 in Germany. Origin of name: named after the indigo line in its atomic spectrum. Further information on origin of name and discovery dates

Indium was discovered by Ferdinand Reich and Theodore Richter, who later isolated the metal. It was found and spectroscopically identified as a minor component in zincores. Until 1924, a gram or so constituted the world's supply of this element in isolated form. In fact, it is probably about as abundant as silver.

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