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tin pest

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noun

  1. the powdering of tin exposed to low temperatures, caused by allotropic transformation.

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What is tin pest, also known as tin disease?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

In a way, this effect is similar to the spread of an infection in a plant or animal body, leading people to call this process tin disease or tin pest.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

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