# data[].attributes.body
For more information about this amazing element visit one of these very educational sites:

http://www.webelements.com/tin/

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/interesting-facts-about-tin.html

http://www.knowledgedoor.com/2/elements_handbook/tin.html

# data[].attributes.body
Tin is used to coat metals to prevent them from corrosion.

Tin-niobium alloy has superconductivity. It is used in constructing superconductive magnets.

To increase its hardness and tensile strength, it is alloyed with copper and antimony and used as a bearing material.

Tin is used in the manufacture of tin-plate, which is a steel sheet coated with tin.

Tin salts sprayed onto glass are used to produce electrically conductive coatings

# data[].attributes.body
Tin is malleable and ductile. Cassiterite serves as the source on tin. Reduction of cassiterite with burning coal gives the tin metal. Tin mining had begun in Europe during the classical era. The metal began to be used from 600 B.C. By 2007, China became the largest producer of Tin. Around 35 nations mine tin. The melting point of Tin is 231.93 °C. The boiling point of Tin is 2602 °C.

# data[].attributes.body
The name Tin comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "tin" (the origin of the symbol Sn comes from the Latin word "stannum" meaning "tin"). Tin was known to the ancients and is mentioned in the Old Testament. Early metal workers found it too soft for most purposes but mixed with copper it gives the alloy bronze, of Bronze Age fame.

# data[].attributes.body
Tin is in Group 14 and Period 5 on the Periodic Table. It is in the p-block of the Periodic Table.

# data[].attributes.body
Tin or Sn which is the elemental symbol for tin, has been around since ancient times. It is a metal.   The Atomic number for Tin is 50. The Atomic mass for Tin is 118.71 amu. Tin has a silvery lustrous grey color. <br>