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Tin
Chemical element with atomic number 50 (Sn)

Tin

Tin is a chemical element; it has the symbol Sn and atomic number 50.

A metallic-gray metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force, and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, a bar of tin makes a sound, the so-called "tin cry", as a result of twinning in tin crystals.

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