Tin (Sn) Fun Facts
"The Tin Soldier, the classic hero who protects food from corrosion and joins with copper to create the Bronze Age."
The true essence of Tin (Sn) on the molecular frontier.
Tin is a soft, silvery-white, malleable metal.
Tin is found in the tin can used for preserving food.
Tin is remembered as the Tin Woodman from The Wizard of Oz.
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Its chemical symbol, Sn, comes from its Latin name, 'stannum'.
When a bar of tin is bent, it makes a characteristic crackling sound known as the 'tin cry' or 'tin shriek'.
Below 13.2°C (55.8°F), pure tin can slowly transform into a powdery grey form in a process called 'tin pest', which caused organ pipes in old European churches to crumble in cold winters.
The first 'tin cans' for food preservation were actually made of iron plated with a thin layer of tin to prevent rusting.
Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, and its discovery marked the beginning of the Bronze Age.