TIN(Sn)

Tin comes from a mineral oxide called cassiterite (Sn02), It’s an element that is commonly used

in alloys with other metals for example: tin with copper to form bronze and it also used to

perform coating on harder metals such as iron and steel. The tin has friendly to help electrical

and mechanical engineering due to the following characteristics:

 Highly Crystalline (silver-white metal)

 Durable

 Fairly resistant to corrosion

 Lightweight, its density is 5.675 g /cm3

 Soft

 Ductile

 Highly

 Malleable

 Non-Magnetic

 Non-Combustible.

 Low Melting point (232 °C)

 Its Brittle (below 13°C)

 Young’s module 50 GPa.

 Tensile strength 31900 psi.

 Is a good electrical conductor, its electrical resistivity is 115 nΩ·m (at 0 °C).
Actually, Tin as raw material is expensive than other materials like aluminum, copper and lead.

Some of its applications are:

 Welding: Tin has been used with lead as solder, used to join electric circuits.

 Coating: Tin has high polish and is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion such

as tin cans.

 In medical products is used to coat copper plates to provide corrosion resistant and

good electrical conduction.

 Automotive applications in battery Tops, making filters, tubing and trunk hardware.

 Tin compounds are used to make toothpastes, gas sensors and ceramics.

Preventions:

Tin is slightly hazardous in case of skin and eye contact it could be irritant, in case of ingestion

or inhalation may have toxic effects on humans.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set the permissible exposure

limit in the workplace as 2mg/m3 over 8hour workday.