Editing Boron group (section)

=== Indium ===
{{Main|Indium#Applications}}
Indium's uses can be divided into four categories: the largest part (70%) of the production is used for coatings, usually combined as [[indium tin oxide]] (ITO); a smaller portion (12%) goes into alloys and [[solder]]s; a similar amount is used in electrical components and in semiconductors; and the final 6% goes to minor applications.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Minerals Yearbook: Metals And Minerals; 2005 |author= US Department of the Interior |pages=36–1 |publisher=US Government Printing Office | year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4113-1980-6 |location=Washington, DC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jFYedAYAVAC&pg=SA36-PA1 }}</ref> Among the items in which indium may be found are platings, bearings, display devices, heat reflectors, [[phosphors]], and nuclear [[control rods]]. Indium tin oxide has found a wide range of applications, including glass coatings, [[solar panel]]s, streetlights, electrophosetic displays (EPDs), electroluminescent displays (ELDs), plasma display panels (PDPs), electrochemic displays (ECs), field emission displays (FEDs), [[sodium lamp]]s, windshield glass and [[cathode-ray tube]]s, making it the single most important indium compound.<ref>{{cite book|title = Indium: geology, mineralogy, and economics |last1 = Schwarz-Schampera |last2=M. Herzig |last3=für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe|first1 =  Ulrich |first2=Peter |first3=Bundesanstal |publisher = Springer-Verlag| year = 2002|location = Berlin, Germany|isbn = 3-540-43135-7| page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k7x_2_KnupMC&pg=PA167}}</ref>