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From a chemical standpoint, indium has two main oxidation states, which are +1 and +3, with latter being more stable. It is a post-transition metal which lies between gallium (atomic number 31) and thallium (atomic number 81) in group 13 of the Periodic Table and acts somewhat between them in a chemical sense; the only common oxidation state of gallium is +3 and thallium shows +1 more often than +3, with thallium(III) being a moderately strong oxidizing agent, while indium(III) is stable and indium(I) is a powerful reducing agent. It is usually found as a compound in zinc ores.

Physically, indium is a fairly soft (Mohs hardness 1.3, Brinell hardness 8.83 Mpa) silvery metal with a melting point of 156.5985 °C (313.8773 °F) and a boiling point of 2072 °C (3762 °F). The atoms in pure solid indium arrange in a tetragonal structure.

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