Tin

Tin By: Sydney & Nora __History __

Tin was discovered by unknown. It was discovered in the ancient times. The origin of the word "TIN" is Latin. Tin was beleived to first be mined in South-East England. The symbol Sn was originated from the Latin word Stannum.

__** About Tin **__

Atomic Number: 50 Atomic Mass: 118.71 amu Number of Protons: 50 Number of Neutrons: 69 Number of Electrons: 50 Melting Pot: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">231.9 degrees C <span style="color: #ff00d3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Boiling Pot: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2270.0 degrees C <span style="color: #ff00d3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Normal Phase: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Soild <span style="color: #ff00d3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Classification: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Metal
 * <span style="color: #ff00d3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Symbol: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sn **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Intresting Facts__

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Tin is mostly used as a coating to protect steel. Some old style roofs are made out of tin. About thirty-five countries mine tin. The United States produces almost no tin. The small amount of tin found in food that has been in tin cans is harmless. Recycling these tin cans saves 74% of the energy used to make it. The color of tin is a shiny or dull silver color. After a long time silver tin turns in to tin's second form; white tin. Window glass is made by floating molten glass on molten tin to produce a flat surface. This is called the Pilkington Process. The cost of tin is $4 for one pound. The number of alluminum cans has increased so the use of tin cans has droped incredibly. Ti cans were invented by Peter Durand in England in 1810. The first tin can factory opened in 1813 in England. Tin cans are not made completely out of tin anymore.

__​<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Uses for Tin __ ​ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Tin is most often used for tin cans. It is used as an ingrediant of solder and brazing metals. Tin is also used to prevent rusting, since it is barely effected by moisture. The tin plate used in tin cans is an iron or steel sheet coated in tin. A tin coating is used to protect copper and other metals. Tin is useful in electrical applications. Tin can't be coated with lead by hot-dripping because lead doesn't wet iron. Tin is used to make organ pipes for pianos. It makes a better sound than alluminum. Braces are made out of tin. Tin used to be used for weapons. Tin is also used for making musical cymbals.

​<span style="color: #0b94e0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">__Tin in Different <span style="color: #0b8ee5; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Languages __ <span style="color: #0b8ee5; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Catalan - Estany

​ <span style="color: #1399f1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Czech - Cin

Albanian - Kallaj

Estonian - Tina

German - Zinn

Finnish - Tinasta

Haitian Creole ALPHA - Feblan

Hungarian - Onnal

Italiano - Latta

Spanish - Lata

Portaguese - Lata

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