Mixed oxide powder containing indium and tin, with a proportion of indium
oxide of between 90 and 98 wt. % and a BET surface area of 40 to 120
m.sup.2/g, which is in the form of aggregates having an average
circumference of less than 500 nm, consists of at least 95% of an indium
oxide phase and displays an oxygen content that is lower than the content
that theoretically results from In2O3 and SnO2. It is produced by mixing
a solution of an indium compound with a solution of a tin compound,
atomising this mixture of solutions, pyrolysing the atomised mixture of
solutions in a first zone of a reactor and in a second zone of the
reactor, following pyrolysis, adding reducing gases to the pyrolysed
mixture at one or more points in a quantity such that overall a reducing
atmosphere is established in this second zone, and separating the
resulting solid from the waste gases in a further, third zone, in which a
reducing atmosphere likewise still prevails. It can be used for the
production of transparent, electroconductive paints and coatings.