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Tessa Lollar Elemet report: Tin Chemistry- Mrs.Denton 09/26-03/11 What exactly is Tin? Tin is a chemical element that belongs to the main metal group. Its symbol is Sn, because its Latin name is Strannum. Anglo-Saxon origin being tin, came from being Named after Etruscan god, Tinia. There is evidence that Stone Age men used it 3,500 years ago. How the ancients discovered it is still a mystery. People discovered that when combining Tin with copper makes the metal easier to work with and thus, bring humanity into the Bronze age. Twenty-two isotopes of tin are known. Ordinary Tin is composed of ten stable isotopes, which is the largest amount in the periodic table. Thirteen unstable isotopes have been recognized. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group 14 elements. It can be located between elements: indium and antimony(side by side) and between Germanium and Lead (top and bottom) The Atomic mass of Tin is 50, which is a “magic number” in nuclear physics. There are 28 additional unstable isotopes that are known. Tin has a half-life of 230,000 years, all the radioactive isotopes have a half-life of less than a year. Tin is obtained from the mineral, cassiterite, where it occurs as Tin dioxide. Tin is greatly used in the commercial production in the food industry for packaging. Usually coating other metals to prevent corrosion, like in Tin cans. Cases of Tin poisoning are virtually unknown, but studies have that 200 mg consumed can cause nausea and vomiting, but it is not radio active. Tin is used in the making of glass to make it smoother, this is called “float glass“. Pipe organs are usually made out of Tin because it is the most tonally resonant of all metals. When being bent (in solid form) the metal makes a sound known as a “Tin cry” which is

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