HISTORY OF TIN
RIEF TIMELINE
ODERN DAY
According to the
unique feature of tin that include,
- Silvery-white metal
- Non-magnetic
- Fairly resistant to corrosion
- Non-combustible
- Lightweight
- Durable
- Soft
- Ductile
- Malleable
- Expensive, but can last long time when
properly maintained
- Low maintenance material consisting primarily
of routine inspection and periodic painting.
Tin has been
used in many ways, and as an element perhaps is best known for its use in tin
cans. And this metal is used to prevent
corrosion and to produce glass. It is most often found mixed, or alloyed, with
other metals.
Pewter, 
for example, is mostly
tin.
Electro-plating is an important application of tin. It can be done
through the electroplating of a small coat of tin around objects of
steel, copper, aluminium etc. 
Moreover, the
tinned pieces have countless applications such as in kitchen utensils, spray
recipients and shaving foam, ink cans, electronic components, integrated
circuits, clips, pins and many others.
Tinned objects
can also be used with ornamental purposes.
As a pure metal, it can still be used in storage tanks for pharmaceutical
chemical solutions, in capacitors electrodes, fuse-wires, ammunitions, tinned
iron sheets to protect victuals, sweets or tobacco etc. Some of the tin organic
compounds have several applications as fungicides and insecticides for the
agriculture and still as wood, textile and paper preservers.
Alloys of tin 
are also important,
such as soft solder, pewter, bronze and phosphor bronze. The most important tin
salt used is tin (II) chloride which is used as a reducing agent and as a
mordant. Tin salts sprayed onto glass are used to produce electrically
conductive coatings. Most window glass is made by floating molten glass on
molten tin to produce a flat surface. Recently, a tin-niobium alloy that is
superconductive at very low temperatures has attracted interest. 
The more important tin compound is the tin dioxide (SnO2), used in
electric resistors and dielectrics, and the tin monoxide that it is used in the
production of tin salts for electroplating and as chemical reagents. The tin
compounds that contain lead, barium, calcium and copper are indispensable in
the production of electric capacitors. The tin fluoride is used as addictive in
toothpastes.
Brief
Timeline
3500 BC
Tin was first used in 3500 BC in the
city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq. The natives of Iran made
articles from bronze, which is an alloy of tin and copper. The earliest uses of
tin were in Turkey. It was first mined and refined in Turkey. When tin
undergoes mining, it becomes a silvery metal that is used for the resistance to
corrosion.
2050 BC
The Sumerians had recognized that if
different ores were blended together in the smelting process different type of
copper would flow easily.
2000
BC
Copper
implements contained very little tin as local reserves of tin had been exhausted.
The first tin artefacts.
1649 AD
Elements
such as gold, silver, tin, copper, lead and mercury have been known since
antiquity. The first scientific discovery of element occurred in 1649 and it
was the discovery of phosphorus by Henning Brand.
1670
AD
Andrew
Yarranton undertook, at the expense of some enterprising persons, a journey
into Saxony, order to discover the art of making tin.
1810
AD
The history
of tin began in 1810. The British Government granted a patent to a merchant,
Peter Durand for his idea of using.
1871
AD
James Smith
found the rich deposit of tin at Mount Bischoff. The discovery of tin drew the
attention of the people to the investigation of the rich mineral resources of
the colony.
1929
AD
World War
1, metal tin was the medical first aid item issued to the military soldiers.
1988 AD
The tin
mine was closed after 4000 years of Tin mining.
2007
AD
The ten
largest companies produced most of the world's tin in 2007. Most of the world's
tin is traded on the London Metal Exchange. Largest mining companies by
production in tons.