It is a silvery metal, malleable, which is not easily oxidized in air and resists corrosion. Is found in many alloys and is used to coat other metals by protecting them from corrosion. Andalusia bend a metal bar that produces a characteristic sound is called a cry of tin produced by the friction of the crystals that compose it.

Aplications

• Used as a protective coating of copper, iron and various metals used in the manufacture of tins and cans.
• Their use is also to reduce the fragility of glass.
• Tin compounds are used for fungicides, dyes, pigments and toothpaste.
  
• It is used to make bronze, an alloy of tin and copper.
• Used for soft solder, alloyed with lead.
• It is used in lead alloy for the manufacture of laminated tubes musical bodies.
• Labels.
• Coating of steel.

With the recovery of tin, by recycling, you get a 70% tin valid for reuse.