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What is the melting point of tin?
Posted on 30th Sep 2011 by Tony Wallace
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Tin has a number of important uses in alloys or alloy coatings. Examples are engine bearings, bronzes and fuel tank linings. Tin-zinc coatings are particularly corrosion- resistant. It is also sometimes used as a pure metal, most notably in the float glass process, where molten glass floats on molten tin to make it flat. Amongst the metals tin has the highest heat capacity and can be used, for example, in cooling nuclear fusion reactors.
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Method of Colouring Tin and Tin-containing Articles
Trish Woods, US Patent Appl. 2012/0000412.
Posted on 10th Jan 2012 by Paul Cusack -
New Standard for Stainless Steel NSSC FW Series
World's first successful addition of tin provides superb corrosion resis...
Posted on 12th Dec 2011 by Tony Wallace -
Research on Tin Alloys, 1939
The Council’s continuous search for new or improved tin alloys is carried o...
Posted on 31st Aug 2011 by Jeremy Pearce -
Developments in High Tin Bronzes, 1939
The importance of degasification of bronze has recently been stressed; two pr...
Posted on 31st Aug 2011 by Jeremy Pearce -
Working with pewter
History
Production and properties of the met...
Posted on 30th Nov 1999 by Tony Wallace