Tin (Cassiterite) Ore

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• Electro-plating is an important application of tin. It can be done through the electroplating of a small coat of tin around objects of steet copper, aluminium. Tin pieces have countless applications such as in kitchen utensils, spray recipients and shaving foam, ink cans, electronic components, integrated circuits, clips, pins and many others. Tin objects can also be used with ornamental purposes.
• As a pure metal, it can still be used in storage tanks for pharmaceutical chemical solutions, in capacitors electrodes, fuse-wires, ammunitions, tinned iron sheets to protect victuals, sweets or tobacco etc.
• Since tin does not oxidize (rust) in air or water, it is applied to the surface of flat­ rolled steel to make tin plate, which is then fabricated to produce "tin" cans.
• Tin is useful in electrical applications, mainly low-melting-point solders, that account for one-fourth of tin consumption.
• It is also used in construction, transportation (mainly in bearings requiring soft metal alloys) and other various industrial applications. For example, window glass is made by pouring molten glass onto molten tin; this process results in flat sheets of glass.