# Tin ## 🧊 Tin · 3D (three.js) <iframe src="https://wikitube-elements.netlify.app/?el=Sn&embed=1" width="100%" height="620" frameborder="0" style="border:0;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden" allowfullscreen loading="lazy" title="The Elements 3D microsim - Tin"></iframe> *Tin in the live three.js Elements explorer — drag to orbit the atom, click any tile to compare, slide the temperature.* · [▶ open full](https://wikitube-elements.netlify.app/?el=Sn) <!-- ELEMENTS_MICROSIM:END --> !Tin plate.svg *Plate 50 of 118 - animated Bohr shells, stylized per Madelung filling; engraving style per house Arcanity kit.* ## Microsim To Do *Claimable rows, house pattern. Real Wikipedia articles only.* - Bronze - tin-copper alloys in history - Solder - tin-lead alloys in electronics - Tinplate - corrosion-resistant tin coating - Tin pest - allotropic phase transition ## Links (Wikipedia order) <!-- injected from _registry/childlinks/Tin.json (2026-07-30T02:09:12Z) --> `2008_financial_crisis` · `2020s_commodities_boom` · `Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements` · `Acid` · [[Actinium]] · `Alkali` · `Alkali_metal` · `Alkaline_earth_metal` · `Alkene` · `Allotropy` · [[Aluminium]] · `Aluminium_foil` · [[Americium]] · `Amine` · `Ancient_Near_East` · `Anisotropy` · [[Antimony]] · [[Argon]] · [[Arsenic]] · `Arsenic_poisoning` · `Arsenical_bronze` · [[Astatine]] · `Atomic_number` · `Atomic_radius` · `Australia` · `Ball-and-stick_model` · [[Barium]] · `Barn_(unit)` · [[Berkelium]] · [[Beryllium]] · [[Beta_decay]] · `Biocide` · [[Bismuth]] · `Block_(periodic_table)` · [[Bohrium]] · [[Boiling_point]] · `Bolivia` · [[Boron]] · `Boron_group` · `Brazil` · 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Elements Canon (one canonical page per element). Infobox grounded in [Wikipedia: List of chemical elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements), fetched 2026-07-08. Full article: [Wikipedia: Tin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin). <!-- ELEMENTS_MICROSIM:BEGIN (auto-managed block - edits inside will be overwritten) --> ## Key facts (infobox) | | | |---|---| | Symbol - Z | Sn - 50 | | Group - Period - Block | 14 - 5 - p-block | | Atomic weight (Da) | 118.71 | | Density (g/cm3) | 7.265 | | Melting - Boiling (K) | 505.08 - 2875 | | Electronegativity (Pauling) | 1.96 | | Crustal abundance (mg/kg) | 2.3 | | Origin | primordial | | Phase (STP) | solid | | Name origin | Proto-Germanic; symbol from Latin stannum | *Bracketed weights are the mass number of the most stable isotope; values in parentheses are predictions (per the source table).* ## Story Tin has been known since antiquity, with evidence of its use in bronze (tin-copper alloys) dating to 3000 BCE. The element is moderately abundant in the crust (2.3 mg/kg) and is primarily extracted from cassiterite (SnO₂) ore. Tin is non-toxic and has been used for food storage containers for centuries. Tin is a soft, malleable metal with a low melting point (505 K). Its primary use is as a protective coating (electroplating) on steel to prevent corrosion (tinplate). Tin solder—an alloy of tin and lead historically, now tin with copper and silver—remains essential for electronics assembly despite the shift away from lead. [model-prior - verify] Tin forms compounds used in PVC stabilizers, glass coatings, and catalysts. The phenomenon of "tin pest" (the allotropic transition of beta-tin to brittle alpha-tin at low temperatures) is a classical materials science problem. [model-prior - verify] The corpus encounters tin as a bridge metal—ancient and noble, yet fundamental to modern corrosion prevention and electronics soldering. ## Corpus connections - R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N. - the Chemistry hub - Centers of Excellence Portal - [[Technetium|Technetium - the element made before found]] - the canon's patron - and Technitium, the School - Solar System Mining Surveys - tin as an ancient and essential metal ## Vocational-Technical Semiotics The element speaks the canon's shared signs: the periodic table cell (Sn, group 14, period 5), isotope notation, and hazard pictograms ghs where handling demands it. ## Sources Infobox: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements) (fetched 2026-07-08); etymology per the same table's notes. Story sources to be added at enrichment. <!-- REAL-GENERATIVE-MEDIA:START --> ## From the Real GENERATIVE library > Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn (from Latin stannum) and atomic number 50. A silvery-colored metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force,[10] and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin)) <!-- REAL-GENERATIVE-MEDIA:END --> ## Navigation - Canon: Elements Canon index - neighbors by Z: [[Indium|Indium (49)]] - [[Antimony|Antimony (51)]] - R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N. - Centers of Excellence ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Tin) ## Previous hub tags Tree parents: [[Helium]] · [[Hydrogen]] · [[Oxygen]]. Legacy hubs: none. --- *Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*