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Tin


Pure tin is a silver-white and very shiny metal. It does not have high malleability, but it can be deformed in the cold state, melts easily, and is very soft (although harder than lead). It is easy to cast, forge, roll, or extrude.

Tin is highly resistant to atmospheric corrosion, but it is susceptible to concentrated acids.

Tin is mainly used for tinning other non-precious metals, especially ferrous metals (for example, in the production of tinplate, particularly for the canning industry), and for creating alloys (such as bronze, etc.). In its pure form or in alloys, it is used to manufacture equipment, pipes, and pipelines for the food industry; distillation columns; refrigerators; industrial tanks, reservoirs, and so on; for soldering in the form of rods, wires, etc.; in decorative items and tableware (for example, as an alloy of tin with lead); in toys; organ pipes, etc. It is also used in the form of foil or flexible tubes.

Source: "Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized System of Goods Nomenclature for Foreign Economic Activity of the Russian Federation (HSN FEA Russia)" (prepared by the Federal Customs Service of Russia) (volume 3, sections XII - XVI, groups 64 - 84)

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