Bend the ash tray and if you hear a breaking noise like
sound of wood splitting before it breaks, then you have pure
tin. If no sound then its a tin alloy.
Tin doesn't dissolve in sulfuric acid and only very slowly
in hydrochloric acid at room temp.
Adam.
roel_cnc wrote:
>>I've never seen pure solid tin as plates. Tin is soft so its
>>not very good for making things. Try your local chemical
>>company for tin metal, if not then plating suppliers or
>>metal merchants. I got mine from a metal merchant. They had
>>them in various ingots 0.5 to 2 kg. Look up metal suppliers
>>in your local business directory. I found trying to find
>>supplies is a matter of making enough phone calls and asking
>>the right questions. Remember these people are in this line
>>of business and would know a lot more than you of what's
>>around and who is selling what and where.
>>
>>Adam.
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> tin is as i know hard they make tea-pots and ash tray's from it
> we got some things around in da house and already ask me wife for a
> piece to (dis)solve in acid :) (answer -> wil kill me if i try) LOL :)
> The reason of here reaction: i already acid a silver earring :))
>
> gr. Roel
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