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indium antimonide [′in·dē·əm ‚an′tim·ə‚nīd] (inorganic chemistry) InSb Crystals that melt at 535°C; an intermetallic compound having semiconductor properties and the highest room-temperature electron mobility of any known material; used in Hall-effect and magnetoresistive devices and as an infrared detector. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The new detectors replace the singleinfrared sensor used in rastering with an array of indium antimonide sensors about the size of a flake of confetti. Intel and QinetiQ researchers have jointly demonstrated an enhancement-mode transistor using indium antimonide (chemical symbol: InSb) to conduct electrical current. The instrument used for the imaging is an array of indium antimonide elements, each of which serves as a "pixel' sensing a piece of the total picture and converting the infrared brightness it records into an electrical signal that it dumps into a computer memory. |
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