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  2. Tin - Wikipedia

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    Tin is the 49th most abundant element in Earth's crust, representing 2 ppm compared with 75 ppm for zinc, 50 ppm for copper, and 14 ppm for lead. [56] Tin does not occur as the native element but must be extracted from various ores. Cassiterite (SnO

  3. Tin sources and trade during antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Tin is a relatively rare element in the Earth's crust, with about two parts per million ... Tin was used in the Indian subcontinent starting between 1500 and 1000 BC.

  4. Tin mining - Wikipedia

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    Tin mining began early in the Bronze Age, as bronze is a copper-tin alloy. Tin is a relatively rare element in the Earth's crust, with approximately 2 ppm (parts per million), compared to iron with 50,000 ppm.

  5. Titanium nitride - Wikipedia

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    Titanium nitride (TiN; sometimes known as tinite) is an extremely hard ceramic material, often used as a physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating on titanium alloys, steel, carbide, and aluminium components to improve the substrate's surface properties.

  6. Pewter - Wikipedia

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    Pewter (/ ˈ p juː t ər /) is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver. [1] In the past, it was an alloy of tin and lead, but most modern pewter, in order to prevent lead poisoning, is not made with lead.

  7. Scientists Probed a Medieval Alchemist’s Artifacts ... - AOL

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    While there was plenty of the expected elements on the shards (four of which were glass and one of which was ceramic)—including nickel, copper, zin, tin, antimony, gold, mercury, and lead ...

  8. White metal - Wikipedia

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    The term is also used in the antiques trade for an item suspected of being silver, but not hallmarked. A white metal alloy may include antimony, tin, lead, cadmium, bismuth, and zinc (some of which are quite toxic). Not all of these metals are found in all white metal alloys. Metals are mixed to achieve a desired goal or need.

  9. 9 Surprising Uses for the Muffin Tin You Absolutely Never Use ...

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