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Comments: Tin is a very common metal. It is soft and has a low melting point, which makes it a very good workable material, that is used since ancient times. Bronze is usually an alloy of copper and tin. The common β-tin can transform into powdery α-tin at low temperatures (below 13°C, 56°F). This is known as tin pest, which destroys the affected item.

 

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Comments: Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. Locality: Blue Tier tinfield, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia; Exposed in the Tasmanian Museum, specimen X6068.

 

Credit: Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements

License: CC BY 3.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Tin is a very common metal. It is soft and has a low melting point, which makes it a very good workable material, that is used since ancient times. Bronze is usually an alloy of copper and tin. The common β-tin can transform into powdery α-tin at low temperatures (below 13°C, 56°F). This is known as tin pest, which destroys the affected item.

 

From ISBE: tin (bedhil): Tin is mentioned with brass, iron and lead in Numbers 31:22; Ezekiel 22:18; Ezekiel 22:20. Ezekiel mentions tin along with silver, iron and lead as being imported into Tyre from Tarshish (see METALS ). The tin must have been brought in the form of ore and smelted in Syria. The writer has some slag dug from a deposit near Beirut which yielded nearly pure tin. It was probably the site of an ancient smelter's shop.


Alfred Ely Day

Verses:

  • Numbers 31:22
  • Isaiah 1:25
  • Ezekiel 22:18
  • Ezekiel 22:20
  • Ezekiel 27:12
  • Zechariah 4:10
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​t/tin.html. 2024.
 
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