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Tin
Tin
n.
An
elementary
substance
found
as an
oxide
in
the
mineral
cassiterite
,
and
reduced
as a
soft
white
crystalline
metal
,
malleable
at
ordinary
temperatures
,
but
brittle
when
heated
. It is
not
easily
oxidized
in
the
air
,
and
is
used
chiefly
to
coat
iron
to
protect
it
from
rusting
, in
the
form
of
tin
foil
with
mercury
to
form
the
reflective
surface
of
mirrors
,
and
in
solder
,
bronze
,
speculum
metal
,
and
other
alloys
.
Its
compounds
are
designated
as
stannous
, or
stannic
.
Symbol
Sn (
Stannum
).
Atomic
weight
117
.4.
Tin
n.
Thin
plates
of
iron
covered
with
tin
;
tin
plate
.
Tin
n.
Money
.
Tin
v. t.
To
cover
with
tin
or
tinned
iron
, or to
overlay
with
tin
foil
.
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