Re: Indium to reach $900/kg?

From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 08/09/04

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    MrPepper11 wrote:
    >
    > August 9, 2004
    >
    > Ever Heard of Indium?
    > Screen Makers Have, And Some Are Worried
    >
    > By EVAN RAMSTAD
    > Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
    >
    > Imagine the day when big, flat-panel liquid-crystal-display TV sets
    > are finally affordable. You eagerly drive down the local electronics
    > store to buy yours. But you arrive to find a sign on the door: "Sorry,
    > no LCD TVs again today. The indium shortage continues."
    [snip]

    > Like nearly all metals, indium conducts electricity. But indium has
    > another, almost magical quality: It is transparent. And that makes it
    > perfect to be used in the "stitching" on an LCD screen, which hold in
    > place the thousands of tiny liquid crystals that produce the actual
    > picture.
    [snip]

    Indium tin oxide thin layer as transparent electrode. 1%
    zirconium doping helps.

    The rising price will encourage more production and
    alternatives. Equilibrium will be established as long as
    government doesn't decide to "do something" about it. 

    --
Uncle Al
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