Talk:Indium/GA1

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:00, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, will take a look now - notes below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:00, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The last sentence of teh lead, (. Indium has no biological role and while its compounds are somewhat toxic when injected into the bloodstream, most occupational exposure is through ingestion, from which indium compounds are not absorbed well, and inhalation, from which they are moderately absorbed.) is long. Recommend splitting.

Done Double sharp (talk) 13:58, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rejig the top of the Physical section - if you switch the first two sentences, you can place the two sentences mentioning softness next to each other and remove the "very soft" from the sentence, Indium is a very soft, silvery-white, highly ductile, relatively rare post-transition metal with a bright luster. - also rareness is not a property but should be mentioned in occurrence.

Done Double sharp (talk) 08:52, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~InH3 has only a transitory existence, even at low temperatures, before decomposing~~ ~~- how long and how low?~~

Dunno. It's not actually known, see Greenwood and Earnshaw (p. 232): "InH₃ and TlH₃ appear to be too unstable to exist in the uncoordinated state though they may have transitory existence in ethereal solutions at low temperatures." Double sharp (talk) 08:36, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~link monovalent~~

Done Double sharp (talk) 08:52, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~the History could possibly be expanded - e.g. what happened, how did the element get ratified etc. Any fleshing out of this section would be welcome and give more of a story~~

I have added a little bit of info (Reich was colour-blind and used Richter as an assistant with the spectroscopy; they later fell out because Richter claimed sole credit – perhaps because he was the one to isolate the metal, and the one who first saw the violet spectral line for obvious reasons). There's not much to say about how the the element was ratified, though. IUPAC did not yet exist in 1863, but the spectral-line evidence was convincing. The next year Richter isolated indium metal, and if there were any ghostly doubts in 1863, they would have been firmly quashed in 1864. Double sharp (talk) 09:10, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Other than that, reads well. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:36, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I addressed the [citation needed] tag. Double sharp (talk) 09:49, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Would be prudent to note at File:Kristallstruktur Chrom(III)-chlorid.png that this structure representative of Indium trichloride...

Done (and referenced to the book that the German WP uses as a source for this). Double sharp (talk) 14:54, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

On a plus, Earwigs is clear

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- ~~all good pending one image query above. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:42, 3 October 2016 (UTC)~~[reply]