- Tin is a
chemical element; it has
symbol Sn (from
Latin stannum) and
atomic number 50. A silvery-colored metal, tin is soft
enough to be cut with little...
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Stannum is the
Latin word for tin and the
source of its
chemical symbol Sn.
Stannum may also
refer to:
Stannum, New
South Wales,
small tin
mining village...
- fluoride,
commonly referred to
commercially as
stannous fluoride (from
Latin stannum, 'tin'), is a
chemical compound with the
formula SnF2. It is a colourless...
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Fusinus stannum is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusc. It is in the
family Fasciolariidae,
which includes the
spindle snails and tulip...
- but
continues in an online-only format. The
newspaper Border Post and
Stannum Miner was
first published on 20 July 1872 in
Stanthorpe on
foolscap paper...
- was discovered.
Stannum comes from the
Latin word
stannum,
meaning "tin", from or
related to
Celtic staen. - The
common name for
stannum in
English is tin...
- nor
Stannum [not
meaning our tin] is of
itself a real metal, but
rather an
alloy of two metals.
Electrum is an
alloy of gold and silver,
Stannum of lead...
- an
expansion in bell founding. The name
comes from the
Latin for tin:
stannum. It was
first described in 1797 for an
occurrence in
Wheal Rock, St. Agnes...
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Stannum is a
small tin
mining village on the
Northern Tablelands, in the New
England region of New
South Wales, Australia. The
region is in Tenterfield...
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Stannary law (derived from the Latin:
stannum for tin) is the body of
English law that
governs tin
mining in
Cornwall and Devon;
although no
longer of...
