What are the uses of tin and its alloys?

Let us now look at the various uses of tin. Tin is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion. It is an alloying agent. Some of the important tin alloys include soft solder, type metal, fusible metal, pewter, bronze, bell metal, Babbitt metal, white metal, die casting alloy, and phosphor bronze.

Tin is used for making window glasses. The glasses used for making the windows of your classroom and houses are made by using a process which involves floating molten glass on molten tin to produce a flat pane surface. Tin salts are sprayed onto glass to produce electrically conductive coatings. These salt treated panes can be used for panel lighting and for frost-free wind-shields.

Tin is also used to make agricultural goods like fungicides. Some compounds of tin are very useful in the manufacture of paints. Tin is also used to make superconductive magnets that generate enormous field strengths, but use practically no power.

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