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Definition of Tin pest
1. Noun. The transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tin Pest
Literary usage of Tin pest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physical Chemistry of the Metals by Friedrich Rudolf Schenck (1919)
"A number of chemists have investigated the tin pest; its complete ... Tin Infected
with the Tin "Pest." rubbing in a mortar and this powder mixed with some ..."
2. The Physical Chemistry of the Metals by Friedrich Rudolf Schenck (1919)
"A number of chemists have investigated the tin pest; its complete ... 5—Tin
Infected with the Tin "Pest" rubbing in a mortar and this powder mixed with some ..."
3. Analysis of Babbit by James Brakes (1919)
"The action is said to begin at 18° C., and is most rapid at — 48° C. Some writers
state that the tin pest is a disease of tin, as normal tin is affected ..."
4. Analysis of Babbit by James Brakes (1919)
"The action is said to begin at 18°C, and is most rapid at —48°C. Some writers
state that the tin pest is a disease of tin, as normal tin is affected when ..."
5. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"Gray tin is often called, therefore, tin pest, and at low temperature the gray
tin infects the sound metal and makes it powdery. Above 200° orthorhombic tin ..."
6. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1906)
"This explains the crumbling of tin known as tin-pest, which occurs in tin organ
pipes and other tin objects in cold countries. The brittle modification of ..."
7. Metallography by Samuel Leslie Hoyt (1921)
"... it can proceed even at ordinary temperatures and is called the "tin pest" on
that account, At all times, except for a period during summer, ordinary tin ..."
8. Metallography by Samuel Leslie Hoyt (1921)
"... it can proceed even at ordinary temperatures and is called the "tin pest" on
that account. At all times, except for a period during summer, ordinary tin ..."
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