white tin

English

Noun

white tin (uncountable)

1. Refined metallic tin.
2. β-tin, a body-centered tetragonal crystalline tin, an allotrope of tin

Related terms

• black tin (raw tin ore)
• gray tin / grey tin (α-tin)
• tin pest (the phase transition of white tin / β-tin to grey tin / α-tin)
• tin (Sn)