See:tincal
Derb. Laminated carbonaceous shale. Fay
Virtually all the industrial supply of tin comes from cassiterite, SnO
2 , though a little has been won from the sulfides stannite,
cylindrite, and franckeite. Bulk of cassiterite comes from alluvial
workings. Main market is in tin plating, tin foil, solders, bearing
metals, bronze and other alloys, and such salts as opacifiers and dye
mordants. Pryor, 3
See:tin plate
A tinsmith. Webster 3rd
An alloy of equal parts of tin and lead; used by electrotypers for coating
copper shells before backing. Fay
See:cassiterite
Sheet iron or steel, cleaned by pickling in acid and then passed through
bath of molten tin to produce coating. Three grades are charcoal plate,
coke plate, and crystallized. Tin is also deposited by electroplating.
Syn:tinned sheet iron
See:stannite
See:salt of tin
See:cassiterite
See:cassiterite
See:cassiterite
See:smaltite
A place or an establishment where tin is manufactured or mined.
Standard, 2
a. The point at which loaded mine cars are dumped on the surface. Also
called tipple. Hudson
b. A piece of tool material secured to a cutter tooth or blade.
ASM, 1
a. Originally the place where the mine cars were tipped and emptied of
their coal, and still used in that sense, but more generally applied to
the surface structures of a mine, including the preparation plant and
loading tracks. BCI
b. The dump; a cradle dump.
c. Aust. The tracks, trestles, screens, etc., at the entrance to a
colliery where coal is screened and loaded. CF:dump
a. An angle iron having T-shaped cross section. Fay
b. T-rails used in a mine, as distinguished from wooden rails. Fay
See:titanium; titanite.
See:titanian augite
A titaniferous variety of hornblende. English