tin

chemical element with symbol Sn and atomic number 50
Thing chemical_element Q1096
tin
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tin

Summary

tin is a chemical element[1]. tin ranks in the top 8% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,623 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tin's instance of is recorded as chemical element[3].
  • tin's instance of is recorded as chemical substance[4].
  • tin's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element[5].
  • tin's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Sn][6].
  • tin's element symbol is recorded as Sn[7].
  • tin's chemical formula is recorded as Sn[8].
  • tin is a type of post-transition metal[9].
  • tin is a type of period 5[10].
  • tin is part of antimony-doped tin oxide[11].
  • tin is part of period 5[12].
  • tin is part of group 14[13].
  • tin's Commons category is recorded as Tin[14].
  • tin's color is recorded as silver[15].
  • tin's Unicode character is recorded as 錫[16].
  • tin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tin[17].
  • tin's Commons gallery is recorded as Tin[18].
  • tin's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+50'}[19].
  • tin's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.96'}[20].
  • tin's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[21].
  • tin's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • tin's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • tin's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • tin's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[25].
  • tin's described by source is recorded as Tin[26].
  • tin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[3], chemical substance[4], and chalcophile element[5]. Recorded subclass of include post-transition metal[9] and period 5[10].

Use and Application

Part of include antimony-doped tin oxide[11]; period 5[12], a period[28]; and group 14[13], a group[29].

Influence

Things named for tin include TinEye[30], a website[31], founded in 2008[32]; stannite[33], a mineral species[34]; palarstanide[35], a mineral species[36]; stistaite[37], a mineral species[38]; oxystannomicrolite[39], a mineral species[40]; stannopalladinite[41], a mineral species[42]; and paolovite[43], a mineral species[44].

Why It Matters

tin ranks in the top 8% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,623 views/month).[2] tin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] tin is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for tin include TinEye[30], a website[31], founded in 2008[32]; stannite[33], a mineral species[34]; palarstanide[35], a mineral species[36]; stistaite[37], a mineral species[38]; oxystannomicrolite[39], a mineral species[40]; and stannopalladinite[41], a mineral species[42].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of post-transition metal, period 5
    Immediately dangerous to life or health {'unit': 'Q21077820', 'amount': '+100'}
    Vapor pressure {'unit': 'Q6859652', 'amount': '+0'}
    Safety classification and labelling Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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