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Noun Concept
Categories: Metallurgy, Tin, Allotropes, Corrosion
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tin pest  tin disease  tin plague  tin blight  tin leprosy
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The transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures WordNet 3.0
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The transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Tin pest is an autocatalytic, allotropic transformation of the element tin, which causes deterioration of tin objects at low temperatures. Wikipedia
deterioration of tin objects at low temperatures Wikidata
An autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin objects to become brittle and flaky. The phase transition conversion of β-tin (white tin) into α-tin (gray tin/grey tin). Wiktionary
Autocatalytic transformation of tin. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
transformation
phase change
Allotropic transformation
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
whisker
USES
white tin
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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tin pest, tin disease, tin plague
Wikipedia
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tin pest
Wikidata
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tin pest
Wiktionary
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tin pest
Wikipedia Redirections
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tin blight, tin disease, tin leprosy, Tin lepsory, Tin rot, Α-tin

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