| 单词 | tin pest |
| 释义 | > as lemmastin pest tin pest n. the crumbling of pure tin that occurs at low temperatures as the ordinary white allotrope changes to grey tin. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > tin > crumbling of pure tin tin pest1902 tin disease1908 1902 H. C. Cooper tr. A. F. Holleman Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 261 It [sc. white tin] turns very slowly into gray tin, falling to powder (this phenomenon is called the tin-pest). 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 540 This change does not proceed with disintegrating effects until considerably lower temperatures, when the ‘Tin-Pest’, experienced in organ-pipes, during cold winters on the Continent, occurs. 1960 E. S. Hedges Tin & its Alloys i. 2 There seems to be a paucity of very ancient objects made entirely of tin—a lack which is sometimes laid at the door of the disintegration of tin through ‘tin pest’. < as lemmas |
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