Tin

Tin

Tin (symbol Sn) has been know to man since at least 3500 BC. The discovery that copper alloyed with tin to give bronze, greatly improving the mechanical properties, launched the Bronze age. In 1800 Napoleon offered prize of 12,000 francs for a method for preserving food for his armies. The tin can (steel coated with tin), which revolutionise the storage and preservation of foodstuffs and liquids, was invented in 1810, ironically by an Englishman; the first commercial canning factory opened just 3 years later.

Source:
"Tin", Granta CES Edupack 2018, accessed June 2020

General Applications: Tin is used in pure form in storage tanks for pharmaceutical chemical solutions, as electrodes of capacitors, and fuse wire and as organ pipes (though usually alloyed with some lead). Its most important applications, however, are as a coating on steel sheet ("tin plate") and as an alloying element in bronze, pewter and solder. Its salts are used as polymer additives, for antifouling paints, and to produce a transparent, conducting coating on glass.

Related Processes: Flexible Adhesives|Rigid Adhesives|Rivets and Staples|Snap Fit|Threaded Fasteners|Friction Welding|Brazing|Gas Metal Arc (MIG)|Gas tungsten arc (TIG)|Manual metal arc (MMA)|Oxyacetylene Welding|3D ceramic-mold prototyping|Evaporative pattern sand casting|Sand casting|Extrusion|Forging|Rolling|Sheet forming|Sheet stamping, drawing and blanking|Drilling|Grinding|Milling|Turning/Boring/Parting|Hot isostatic pressing|Pressing and sintering|Cubic printing|Organic solvent-based painting|Pad printing|Silk screen printing|Water-based painting|Grinding and mechanical polishing|Texturing|Electroless plating|Electroplating|Metal flame spray|Polymer powder coating|Vapor metallizing (PVD)

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