Post-transition metal · element 49
Indium
Soft enough to scratch with a fingernail. In every touchscreen.
Only 0.5% of people are Indium. (estimated)
If you're Indium
You are gentle, flexible, and in constant contact with everyone. People touch you a thousand times a day and rarely think about it.
Indium tin oxide is the transparent conductor in every touchscreen, and the metal itself squeaks when bent.
How to get along with Indium
Do
- Be gentle; a fingernail scratches them.
- Let them be the contact layer between people.
- Notice the squeak; it means they've bent for you.
Don't
- Don't press hard.
- Don't take the softness as weakness; every screen depends on it.
When it goes wrong: They bend rather than break, and they squeak. Listen for it.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 4
- Sociability
- 5
- Stability
- 8
- Energy
- 3
- Rarity
- 6
- Warmth
- 5
Indium in literature
- Little Nell — The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens (1841)
- Tiny Tim — A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (1843)
- Solveig — Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen (1867)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Indium's. If you got Indium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other post-transition metals
AlAluminiumGaGalliumSnTinTlThalliumPbLeadBiBismuthPoPoloniumNhNihoniumFlFleroviumMcMoscoviumLvLivermorium