Question

Tin is an alloy of ……….

a) copper b) tin c) zinc d) silver​

Answer 1

Answer:

Copper

Explanation:

After 600 BC, pure metallic tin was produced. Pewter, which is an alloy of 85–90% tin with the remainder commonly consisting of copper, antimony, and lead, was used for flatware from the Bronze Age until the 20th century.

Answer 2

Tin is an alloy of copper.

• Tin belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. The symbol of tin is given as 'Sn'.

• It belongs to the carbon family. Tin is an alloy of copper and therefore is used in the preparation of plating steel which can be used as food containers to prevent oxidation or microbial attack, used in the preparation of metal bearings, etc.

• During the Mesopotamia, Indus valley civilizations, etc., humans did not use pure tin instead, they used a mixture of tin and copper which is now called bronze.

• Pure tin was isolated by the people of the Mediterranean.