Tin
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Tin is a chemical element; it has the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. A metallic-gray metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force, and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. Wh
Small balls of white tin (left) and gray tin (right)
Solidified droplet of molten tin
Ceremonial giant bronze dirk of the Plougrescant-Ommerschans type, Plougrescant, France, 1500–1300 BC
Sample of cassiterite, the main ore of tin
Antimony
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Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb and atomic number 51. A lustrous grey metal or metalloid, it occurs in nature mainly in the form of the sulfide mineral stibnite. Antimony compounds h
Tin
…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 of copper, antimony, bismuth, and sometimes lead and silver, has been used for flatware since the Bronze Age. In modern times, tin is used in many alloys, most notably…
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Native antimony with oxidation products
Stibnite, China CM29287 Carnegie Museum of Natural History specimen on display in Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems
The Italian metallurgist Vannoccio Biringuccio described a procedure to isolate antimony in 1540.