Material	Tin
	Used as coating in foot tins and caseroles. Bronze is an alloy made from copper and tin. Earlier used for household plates, mugs and canclestics, mainly due to the low melting point and following castability. Pure tin is unstable below room temperature were it disintegrates into white powder (called tin pest). Therefore normally alloyed with small amounts of bismut, antimon and lead.
Danish Name	Tin (Latin: Stannum)
Category	Metals, Low melting metals
Products	Drinking mug Baking tin Organ pipe
Environmen- tal notes	Disposal: Tin is very undisirable as allying element in steel and should therefore be avoyded where the likely end-of-life scenario is a steel recycling plant.
Additional Info	Chemical symbol Sn, atomic number 50, melting point 232 C, density 7.3, soft, recrystalises below room temperature. Pure tin (more than 97% tin) is known as pewter.
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