white tin

English

Noun

white tin (uncountable)

  1. Refined metallic tin.
  2. β-tin, a body-centered tetragonal crystalline tin, an allotrope of tin
  • black tin (raw tin ore)
  • gray tin / grey tin (α-tin)
  • tin pest (the phase transition of white tin / β-tin to grey tin / α-tin)
  • tin (Sn)
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