tin-white
Americanadjective
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Origin of tin-white
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It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
It usually occurs as lamellar or glanular masses, with a tin-white colour and metallic lustre, in limestone or in mineral veins often in association with ores of silver.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Prepared in this way it forms a black powder; when melted it forms a tin-white metal which is less fusible and more malleable than wrought iron.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
These masses are of a dull grey colour, owing to surface tarnish; only on fresh fractures is the colour tin-white with metallic lustre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Aluminium is a tin-white metal which melts at 640° and is very light, having a density of 2.68.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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