And that of course got me wondering whether there is any shred of truth to the tale. “It’s a story that virtually every chemistry student has heard, but we don’t really know if Napoleon’s army ...

but I have found no figure for pure tin in the literature. Experiments have therefore been made to determine the fatigue strength of the pure metal in the cast condition. The measurements were ...

This makes tin foam an interesting material for lithium batteries. Modern lithium-ion batteries are typically based on a multilayer graphite electrode, with the counter electrode often made of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Emilie is an artist who makes traditional tin-dipped ornaments using 140-year-old antique molds. She dips these molds into 550-degree-Fahrenheit melted tin.

Barry Jackson from Rotherham bought this 'snap' tin (lunchbox) from a bric-a-brac stall but has no idea who it belongs to. "Miners put their lunch in them to take them down the pit. Everyone had ...

This makes tin foam an interesting material for lithium batteries. Modern lithium-ion batteries are typically based on a multilayer graphite electrode, with the counter electrode often made of cobalt ...