Tin is achemical element; it hassymbolSn (from Latin stannum) andatomic number 50. A silvery-colored metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force,[13] and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, the so-called "tin cry" can be heard as a result oftwinning in tin crystals.[14]
Tin is apost-transition metal ingroup 14 of theperiodic table of elements. It is obtained chiefly from themineralcassiterite, which containsstannic oxide,SnO 2. Tin shows a chemical similarity to both of its neighbors in group 14,germanium andlead, and has two mainoxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4. Tin is the 49th mostabundant element on Earth, making up 0.00022% of its crust, and with 10 stable isotopes, it has the largest number of stableisotopes in the periodic table, due to itsmagic number of protons.
It has two mainallotropes: at room temperature, the stable allotrope is β-tin, a silvery-white,malleable metal; at low temperatures it is less dense grey α-tin, which has thediamond cubic structure. Metallic tin does not easilyoxidize in air and water.
The first tin alloy used on a large scale wasbronze, made of1⁄8 tin and7⁄8copper (12.5% and 87.5% respectively), from as early as 3000 BC. After 600 BC, pure metallic tin was produced.Pewter, which is an alloy of 85–90% tin with the remainder commonly consisting ofcopper,antimony, bismuth, and sometimes lead and silver, has been used forflatware since theBronze Age. In modern times, tin is used in many alloys, most notably tin-lead softsolders, which are typically 60% or more tin, and in the manufacture of transparent, electrically conducting films ofindium tin oxide inoptoelectronic applications. Another large application iscorrosion-resistanttin plating ofsteel. Because of the low toxicity of inorganic tin, tin-plated steel is widely used forfood packaging as "tin cans". Someorganotin compounds can be extremely toxic.
Tin is a soft,malleable,ductile and highlycrystalline silvery-whitemetal. When a bar of tin is bent a crackling sound known as the "tin cry" can be heard from thetwinning of the crystals.[14] This trait is shared byindium,cadmium,zinc, andmercury in its solid state. Tin melts at about 232 °C (450 °F), the lowest in group 14, and boils at 2,602 °C (4,716 °F), the second lowest (ahead oflead) in its group. The melting point is further lowered to 177.3 °C (351.1 °F) for 11 nm particles.[15][16]
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β–α transition of tin at −40 °C (time lapse; one second of the video is one hour in real time)
β-tin, also calledwhite tin, is theallotrope (structural form) of elemental tin that is stable at and above room temperature. It is metallic and malleable, and hasbody-centered tetragonal crystal structure. α-tin, orgray tin, is the nonmetallic form. It is stable below 13.2 °C (55.8 °F) and isbrittle. α-tin has adiamond cubic crystal structure, as dodiamond andsilicon. α-tin does not havemetallic properties because its atoms form acovalent structure in which electrons cannot move freely. α-tin is a dull-gray powdery material with no common uses other than specializedsemiconductor applications.[14] γ-tin and σ-tin exist at temperatures above 161 °C (322 °F) and pressures above severalGPa.[17]
In cold conditions β-tin tends to transform spontaneously into α-tin, a phenomenon known as "tin pest" or "tin disease".[18] Some unverifiable sources also say that, duringNapoleon's Russian campaign of 1812, the temperatures became so cold that the tin buttons on the soldiers' uniforms disintegrated over time, contributing to the defeat of theGrande Armée,[19] a persistent legend.[20][21][22]
The α-β transformation temperature is 13.2 °C (55.8 °F), but impurities (e.g. Al, Zn, etc.) lower it well below 0 °C (32 °F). With the addition ofantimony orbismuth the transformation might not occur at all, increasing durability.[23]
Commercial grades of tin (99.8% tin content) resist transformation because of the inhibiting effect of small amounts of bismuth, antimony, lead, and silver present as impurities. Alloying elements such as copper, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, and silver increase the hardness of tin.[24] Tin easily forms hard, brittle intermetallic phases that are typically undesirable. It does not mix into a solution with most metals and elements so tin does not have much solid solubility. Tin mixes well withbismuth,gallium,lead,thallium andzinc, forming simpleeutectic systems.[23]
Tin becomes asuperconductor below 3.72 K[25] and was one of the first superconductors to be studied.[26] TheMeissner effect, one of the characteristic features of superconductors, was first discovered in superconducting tin crystals.[26]
Tin resists corrosion fromwater, but can be corroded byacids andalkalis. Tin can be highly polished and is used as a protective coat for other metals.[14] When heated in air it oxidizes slowly to form a thinpassivation layer ofstannic oxide (SnO2) that inhibits further oxidation.[27][28]
Tin has tenstable isotopes, thegreatest number of any element. Their mass numbers are 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, and 124. Tin-120 makes up almost a third of all tin. Tin-118 and tin-116 are also common. Tin-115 is the least common stable isotope.[citation needed] The isotopes with evenmass numbers have nonuclear spin, while those with odd mass numbers have a nuclear spin of 1/2. It is thought that tin has such a great multitude of stable isotopes because of tin'satomic number being 50, which is a "magic number" in nuclear physics.[citation needed]
Of the stable isotopes, tin-115 has a highneutron capture cross section for fast neutrons, at 30barns. Tin-117 has a cross section of 2.3 barns, one order of magnitude smaller, while tin-119 has a slightly smaller cross section of 2.2 barns.[30] Before these cross sections were well known, it was proposed to usetin-lead solder as acoolant forfast reactors because of its low melting point. Current studies are for lead orlead-bismuth reactor coolants because both heavy metals are nearly transparent to fast neutrons, with very low capture cross sections.[31] In order to use a tin or tin-lead coolant, the tin would first have to go through isotopic separation to remove the isotopes withodd mass number. Combined, these three isotopes make up about 17% of natural tin but represent nearly all of the capture cross section. Of the remaining seven isotopes tin-112 has a capture cross section of 1 barn. The other six isotopes forming 82.7% of natural tin have capture cross sections of 0.3 barns or less, making them effectively transparent to neutrons.[30]
Tin has 31 unstable isotopes, ranging in mass number from 99 to 139. The unstable tin isotopes have half-lives of less than a year except fortin-126, which has ahalf-life of about 230,000 years. Tin-100 and tin-132 are two of the very fewnuclides with a "doubly magic" nucleus which despite being unstable, as they have very unevenneutron–proton ratios, are the endpoints beyond which tin isotopes lighter than tin-100 and heavier than tin-132 are much less stable.[32] Another 30metastable isomers have been identified for tin isotopes between 111 and 131, the most stable being tin-121m, with a half-life of 43.9 years.[33]
The relative differences in the abundances of tin's stable isotopes can be explained by how they are formed duringstellar nucleosynthesis. Tin-116 through tin-120, along with tin-122, are formed in thes-process (slow neutron capture) in moststars which leads to them being the most common tin isotopes, while tin-124 is only formed in ther-process (rapid neutron capture) insupernovae andneutron star mergers. Tin isotopes 115, 117 through 120, and 122 are produced via both thes-process and ther-process,[34] The two lightest stable isotopes, tin-112 and tin-114, cannot be made in significant amounts in thes- orr-processes and are among thep-nuclei whose origins are not well understood. Some theories about their formation includeproton capture andphotodisintegration. Tin-115 might be partially produced in thes-process, both directly and as the daughter of long-livedindium-115, and also from the decay of indium-115 produced via ther-process.[34][35]
TheLatin name for tin,stannum, originally meant an alloy of silver and lead, and came to mean 'tin' in the fourth century[38]—the earlier Latin word for it wasplumbum candidum, or "white lead".Stannum apparently came from an earlierstāgnum (meaning the same substance),[36] the origin of theRomance andCeltic terms fortin, such asFrenchétain,Spanishestaño,Italianstagno, andIrishstán.[36][39] The origin ofstannum/stāgnum is unknown; it may be pre-Indo-European.[40]
Ceremonial giant bronzedirk of the Plougrescant-Ommerschans type, Plougrescant, France, 1500–1300 BC
Tin extraction and use can be dated to the beginnings of the Bronze Age around 3000 BC, when it was observed thatcopper objects formed ofpolymetallicores with different metal contents had different physical properties.[41] The earliest bronze objects had a tin or arsenic content of less than 2% and are believed to be the result of unintentionalalloying due to trace metal content in the copper ore.[42] The addition of a second metal to copper increases its hardness, lowers the melting temperature, and improves thecasting process by producing a more fluid melt that cools to a denser, less spongy metal.[42] This was an important innovation that allowed for the much more complex shapes cast in closedmolds of the Bronze Age.Arsenical bronze objects appear first in the Near East where arsenic is commonly found with copper ore, but thehealth risks were quickly realized and the quest for sources of the much less hazardous tin ores began early in the Bronze Age.[43] This created the demand for rare tin metal and formed a trade network that linked the distant sources of tin to the markets of Bronze Age cultures.[44]
Cassiterite (SnO 2), the oxide form of tin, was most likely the original source of tin. Other tin ores are less commonsulfides such asstannite that require a more involvedsmelting process. Cassiterite often accumulates inalluvial channels asplacer deposits because it is harder, heavier, and more chemically resistant than the accompanyinggranite.[42] Cassiterite is usually black or dark in color, and these deposits can be easily seen inriver banks. Alluvial (placer) deposits may incidentally have been collected and separated by methods similar togold panning.[45]
Halide compounds are known for both oxidation states. For Sn(IV), all four halides are well known:SnF4,SnCl4,SnBr4, andSnI4. The three heavier members are volatile molecular compounds, whereas the tetrafluoride is polymeric. All four halides are known for Sn(II) also:SnF2,SnCl 2,SnBr2, andSnI2. All are polymeric solids. Of these eight compounds, only the iodides are colored.[46]
Tin(II) chloride (also known as stannous chloride) is the most important commercial tin halide. Illustrating the routes to such compounds,chlorine reacts with tin metal to give SnCl4 whereas the reaction ofhydrochloric acid and tin producesSnCl 2 and hydrogen gas. Alternatively SnCl4 and Sn combine to stannous chloride by a process calledcomproportionation:[47]
SnCl4 + Sn → 2SnCl 2
Tin can form many oxides, sulfides, and otherchalcogenide derivatives. The dioxideSnO 2 (cassiterite) forms when tin is heated in the presence ofair.[46]SnO 2 isamphoteric, which means that it dissolves in both acidic and basic solutions.[48] Stannates with the structure [Sn(OH) 6]2−, likeK 2[Sn(OH) 6], are also known, though the free stannic acidH 2[Sn(OH) 6] is unknown.[citation needed]
Stannane (SnH 4), with tin in the +4 oxidation state, is unstable. Organotin hydrides are however well known, e.g.tributyltin hydride (Sn(C4H9)3H).[14] These compounds release transienttributyl tin radicals, which are rare examples of compounds of tin(III).[50]
Organotin compounds, sometimes called stannanes, arechemical compounds with tin–carbon bonds.[51] Of the tin compounds, the organic derivatives are commercially the most useful.[52] Some organotin compounds are highly toxic and have been used asbiocides. The first organotin compound to be reported was diethyltin diiodide ((C2H5)2SnI2), reported byEdward Frankland in 1849.[53]
Most organotin compounds are colorless liquids or solids that are stable to air and water. They adopt tetrahedral geometry. Tetraalkyl- and tetraaryltin compounds can be prepared usingGrignard reagents:[52]
SnCl 4 + 4 RMgBr →R 4Sn + 4 MgBrCl
The mixed halide-alkyls, which are more common and more important commercially than the tetraorgano derivatives, are prepared byredistribution reactions:
SnCl 4 +R 4Sn → 2SnCl 2R2
Divalent organotin compounds are uncommon, although more common than related divalentorganogermanium andorganosilicon compounds. The greater stabilization enjoyed by Sn(II) is attributed to the "inert pair effect". Organotin(II) compounds include both stannylenes (formula: R2Sn, as seen for singletcarbenes) and distannylenes (R4Sn2), which are roughly equivalent toalkenes. Both classes exhibit unusual reactions.[54]
Tin is generated via the longs-process in low-to-medium mass stars (with masses of 0.6 to 10 times that of theSun), and finally bybeta decay of the heavy isotopes ofindium.[55]
Tin is the 49th most abundant element inEarth'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 2) is the only commercially important source of tin, although small quantities of tin are recovered from complexsulfides such asstannite,cylindrite,franckeite,canfieldite, andteallite. Minerals with tin are almost always associated withgranite rock, usually at a level of 1% tin oxide content.[57]
Because of the higherspecific gravity of tin dioxide, about 80% of mined tin is from secondary deposits found downstream from the primary lodes. Tin is often recovered from granules washed downstream in the past and deposited in valleys or the sea. The most economical ways of mining tin are bydredging,hydraulicking, oropen pits. Most of the world's tin is produced fromplacer deposits, which can contain as little as 0.015% tin.[58]
About 253,000 tonnes of tin were mined in 2011, mostly in China (110,000 t), Indonesia (51,000 t), Peru (34,600 t), Bolivia (20,700 t) and Brazil (12,000 t).[59] Estimates of tin production have historically varied with the market and mining technology. It is estimated that, at current consumption rates and technologies, the Earth will run out of mine-able tin in 40 years.[60] In 2006Lester Brown suggested tin could run out within 20 years based on conservative estimates of 2% annual growth.[61]
Scrap tin is an important source of the metal. Recovery of tin through recycling is increasing rapidly as of 2019.[62] Whereas the United States has neither mined (since 1993) nor smelted (since 1989) tin, it was the largest secondary producer, recycling nearly 14,000 tonnes in 2006.[59]
New deposits are reported inMongolia,[63] and in 2009, new deposits of tin were discovered in Colombia.[64]
TheInternational Tin Council was established in 1947 to control the price of tin. It collapsed in 1985. In 1984, the Association of Tin Producing Countries was created, with Australia, Bolivia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, and Zaire as members.[71]
Tin is unique among mineral commodities because of the complex agreements between producer countries and consumer countries dating back to 1921. Earlier agreements tended to be somewhat informal and led to the "First International Tin Agreement" in 1956, the first of a series that effectively collapsed in 1985. Through these agreements, theInternational Tin Council (ITC) had a considerable effect on tin prices. ITC supported the price of tin during periods of low prices by buying tin for its buffer stockpile and was able to restrain the price during periods of high prices by selling from the stockpile. This was an anti-free-market approach, designed to assure a sufficient flow of tin to consumer countries and a profit for producer countries. However, the buffer stockpile was not sufficiently large, and during most of those 29 years tin prices rose, sometimes sharply, especially from 1973 through 1980 when rampant inflation plagued many world economies.[72]
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the U.S. reduced its strategic tin stockpile, partly to take advantage of historically high tin prices. The1981–82 recession damaged the tin industry. Tin consumption declined dramatically. ITC was able to avoid truly steep declines through accelerated buying for its buffer stockpile; this activity required extensive borrowing. ITC continued to borrow until late 1985 when it reached its credit limit. Immediately, a major "tin crisis" ensued—tin was delisted from trading on theLondon Metal Exchange for about three years. ITC dissolved soon afterward, and the price of tin, now in a free-market environment, fell to $4 per pound and remained around that level through the 1990s.[72] The price increased again by 2010 with a rebound in consumption following the2007–2008 economic crisis, accompanying restocking and continued growth in consumption.[59]
London Metal Exchange (LME) is tin's principal trading site.[59] Other tin contract markets are Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) andIndonesia Tin Exchange (INATIN).[73]
Due to factors involved in the2021 global supply chain crisis, tin prices almost doubled during 2020–21 and have had their largest annual rise in over 30 years. Global refined tin consumption dropped 1.6 percent in 2020 as theCOVID-19 pandemic disrupted global manufacturing industries.[74]
In 2018, just under half of all tin produced was used in solder. The rest was divided between tin plating, tin chemicals, brass and bronze alloys, and niche uses.[75]
Purple of Cassius, Pigment Red 109, a hydrous double stannate ofgold, was mainly, in terms of painting, restricted to miniatures due to its high cost. It was widely used to makecranberry glass. It has also been used in the arts to stainporcelain.[77]
Lead-tin yellow (which occurs in two yellow forms — astannate and asilicate) was apigment that was historically highly important foroil painting and which had some use infresco in its silicate form.[78]Lead stannate is also known in orange form but has not seen wide use in the fine arts. It is available for purchase in pigment form from specialist artists' suppliers. There is another minor form, in terms of artistic usage and availability, of lead-tin yellow known as Lead-tinAntimony Yellow.[citation needed]
Cerulean blue, a somewhat dullcyan chemically known ascobalt stannate, continues to be an important artists' pigment. Itshue is similar to that ofManganese blue, Pigment Blue 33, although it lacks that pigment'scolorfulness and is more opaque.[79] Artists typically must choose between cobalt stannate and manganese blue imitations made withphthalocyanine blue green shade (Pigment Blue 15:3), as industrial production of manganese blue pigment ceased in the 1970s.[80] Cerulean blue made with cobalt stannate, however, was popular with artists prior to the production of Manganese blue.[citation needed]
Pigment Red 233, commonly known as Pinkcolor or Potter's Pink and more precisely known as Chrome Tin Pink Sphene, is a historically important pigment inwatercolor.[81] However, it has enjoyed a large resurgence in popularity due to Internet-basedword-of-mouth. It is fully lightfast and chemically stable in both oil paints and watercolors. Other inorganic mixed metal complex pigments, produced viacalcination, often feature tin as a constituent. These pigments are known for theirlightfastness, weatherfastness, chemical stability, lack of toxicity, andopacity. Many are rather dull in terms of colorfulness. However, some possess enough colorfulness to be competitive for use cases that require more than a moderate amount of it. Some are prized for other qualities. For instance, Pinkcolor is chosen by many watercolorists for its stronggranulation, even though its chroma is low. Recently, NTP Yellow (apyrochlore) has been brought to market as a non-toxic replacement forlead(II) chromate with greater opacity, lightfastness, and weathering resistance than proposed organic lead chromate replacement pigments possess.[82] NTP Yellow possesses the highest level of color saturation of these contemporary inorganic mixed metal complex pigments. More examples of this group include Pigment Yellow 158 (Tin Vanadium YellowCassiterite),[83] Pigment Yellow 216 (Solaplex Yellow),[84] Pigment Yellow 219 (TitaniumZincAntimony Stannate),[85] Pigment Orange 82 (Tin Titanium Zinc oxide, also known as Sicopal Orange),[86] Pigment Red 121 (also known as Tin Violet andChromium stannate),[87] Pigment Red 230 (Chrome Alumina PinkCorundum),[88] Pigment Red 236 (Chrome Tin OrchidCassiterite),[89] and Pigment Black 23 (Tin Antimony Grey Cassiterite).[90] Another blue pigment with tin and cobalt is Pigment Blue 81, Cobalt Tin Alumina BlueSpinel.[citation needed]
Pigment White 15, tin(IV) oxide, is used for itsiridescence, most commonly as aceramic glaze.[91] There are no green pigments that have been used by artists that have tin as a constituent and purplish pigments with tin are classified as red, according to theColour Index International.[citation needed]
Tin has long been used in alloys with lead assolder, in amounts of 5 to 70% w/w. Tin with lead forms aeutectic mixture at the weight proportion of 61.9% tin and 38.1% lead (the atomic proportion: 73.9% tin and 26.1% lead), with melting temperature of 183 °C (361.4 °F). Such solders are primarily used for joiningpipes orelectric circuits. Since the European UnionWaste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) andRestriction of Hazardous Substances Directive came into effect on 1 July 2006, the lead content in such alloys has decreased. While lead exposure is associated withserious health problems, lead-free solder is not without its challenges, including a higher melting point, and the formation oftin whiskers that cause electrical problems.Tin pest can occur in lead-free solders, leading to loss of the soldered joint. Replacement alloys are being found, but the problems of joint integrity remain.[92] A common lead-free alloy is 99% tin, 0.7% copper, and 0.3% silver, with melting temperature of 217 °C (422.6 °F).[93]
Tin bonds readily toiron and is used for coatinglead, zinc, and steel to prevent corrosion.Tin-plated (or tinned) steel containers are widely used forfood preservation, and this forms a large part of the market for metallic tin. A tinplate canister for preserving food was first manufactured in London in 1812.[94] Speakers of British English call such containers "tins", while speakers of U.S. English call them "cans" or "tin cans". One derivation of such use is the slang term "tinnie" or "tinny", meaning "can of beer" in Australia. Thetin whistle is so called because it was mass-produced first in tin-plated steel.[95][96]
Tin in combination with other elements forms a wide variety of useful alloys. Tin is most commonly alloyed with copper.Pewter is 85–99% tin,[97] andbearing metal has a high percentage of tin as well.[98][99]Bronze is mostly copper with 12% tin, while the addition ofphosphorus yieldsphosphor bronze.Bell metal is also a copper–tin alloy, containing 22% tin. Tin has sometimes been used in coinage; it once formed a single-digit percentage (usually five percent or less) of American[100] and Canadian[101] pennies.
A small percentage of tin is added tozirconium alloys for the cladding of nuclear fuel.[103]
Most metal pipes in apipe organ are of a tin/lead alloy, with 50/50 as the most common composition. The proportion of tin in the pipe defines the pipe's tone, since tin has a desirable tonal resonance. When a tin/lead alloy cools, the lead phase solidifies first, then when the eutectic temperature is reached, the remaining liquid forms the layered tin/lead eutectic structure, which is shiny; contrast with the lead phase produces a mottled or spotted effect. This metal alloy is referred to as spotted metal. Major advantages of using tin for pipes include its appearance, workability, and resistance to corrosion.[104][105]
Tin compounds are used in the production of various chemicals, including stabilizers for PVC and catalysts for industrial processes. Tin in form of ingots provide the raw material necessary for these chemical reactions, ensuring consistent quality and performance.[citation needed]
A 21st-century reproduction barn lantern made of punched tin
Punched tin-plated steel, also called pierced tin, is an artisan technique originating in central Europe for creating functional and decorative housewares. Decorative piercing designs exist in a wide variety, based on local tradition and the artisan. Punched tin lanterns are the most common application of this artisan technique. The light of a candle shining through the pierced design creates a decorative light pattern in the room where it sits. Lanterns and other punched tin articles were created in the New World from the earliest European settlement. A well-known example is the Revere lantern, named afterPaul Revere.[107]
In America,pie safes and food safes were in use in the days before refrigeration. These were wooden cupboards of various styles and sizes – either floor standing or hanging cupboards meant to discourage vermin and insects and to keep dust from perishable foodstuffs. These cabinets had tinplate inserts in the doors and sometimes in the sides, punched out by the homeowner, cabinetmaker, or a tinsmith in varying designs to allow for air circulation while excluding flies. Modern reproductions of these articles remain popular in North America.[108]
Window glass is most often made by floating moltenglass on molten tin (float glass), resulting in a flat and flawless surface. This is also called the "Pilkington process".[109]
Tin is used as a negative electrode in advancedLi-ion batteries. Its application is somewhat limited by the fact that some tin surfaces[which?] catalyze decomposition of carbonate-based electrolytes used in Li-ion batteries.[110]
The major commercial application of organotin compounds is in the stabilization ofPVC plastics. In the absence of such stabilizers, PVC would rapidly degrade under heat, light, and atmospheric oxygen, resulting in discolored, brittle products. Tin scavenges labilechloride ions (Cl−), which would otherwise strip HCl from the plastic material.[116] Typical tin compounds are carboxylic acid derivatives of dibutyltin dichloride, such asdibutyltin dilaurate.[117]
Some organotin compounds are relatively toxic, with both advantages and problems. They are used forbiocidal properties asfungicides,pesticides,algaecides,wood preservatives, andantifouling agents.[116]Tributyltin oxide is used as awood preservative.[118]Tributyltin is used for various industrial purposes such as slime control in paper mills and disinfection of circulating industrial cooling waters.[119] Tributyltin was used as additive for ship paint to prevent growth offouling organisms on ships, with use declining after organotin compounds were recognized aspersistent organic pollutants with high toxicity for some marine organisms (thedog whelk, for example).[120] The EU banned the use of organotin compounds in 2003,[121] while concerns over the toxicity of these compounds to marine life and damage to the reproduction and growth of some marine species[116] (some reports describe biological effects to marine life at a concentration of 1nanogram per liter) have led to a worldwide ban by theInternational Maritime Organization.[122] Many nations now restrict the use of organotin compounds to vessels greater than 25 m (82 ft) long.[116] The persistence of tributyltin in the aquatic environment is dependent upon the nature of the ecosystem.[123] Because of this persistence and its use as an additive in ship paint, high concentrations of tributyltin have been found in marine sediments located near naval docks.[124] Tributyltin has been used as a biomarker forimposex inneogastropods, with at least 82 known species.[125] With the high levels of TBT in the local inshore areas, due to shipping activities, the shellfish had an adverse effect.[123] Imposex is the imposition of male sexual characteristics on female specimens where they grow a penis and a pallialvas deferens.[125][126] A high level of TBT can damage mammalianendocrine glands,reproductive andcentral nervous systems, bone structure andgastrointestinal tract.[126] Tributyltin also affect mammals, Including sea otters, whales, dolphins, and humans.[126]
Tin forms several inter-metallic phases with lithium metal, making it a potentially attractive material for battery applications. Large volumetric expansion of tin upon alloying with lithium and instability of the tin-organic electrolyte interface at low electrochemical potentials are the greatest challenges to employment in commercial cells.[128] Tin inter-metallic compound with cobalt and carbon was implemented bySony in its Nexelion cells released in the late 2000s. The composition of the active material is approximately Sn0.3Co0.4C0.3. Research showed that only some crystalline facets of tetragonal (beta) Sn are responsible for undesirable electrochemical activity.[129]
Cases of poisoning from tin metal, its oxides, and its salts are almost unknown. On the other hand, certainorganotin compounds are almost as toxic ascyanide.[52]
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