Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.48, No.5, 1157-1163, 2003
Enthalpy of fusion of indium: A certified reference material for differential scanning calorimetry
An adiabatic calorimeter was used to measure the enthalpy of fusion of a very pure sample of indium. The new value of the enthalpy of fusion was determined to be Delta(fus)H = (28.6624 +/- 0.0076) J.g(-1), where the uncertainty corresponded to a 95% confidence interval. The temperature of fusion of this sample was found to not differ from the ITS-90 assigned value within the accuracies of the thermometry used in the present study. A comparison with previous determinations is made.