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The industrial uses of tin fall into two basic categories. On the one hand, there are major traditional uses, such as tinplate, coatings, solders, bronzes, and bearing alloys, that are based on empirical knowledge accumulated over many years but are continually being refined and developed to meet the technological needs of the age. On the other hand, there are new industrial uses that have followed from the scientific determination of properties and from research into the means of exploiting those properties. A major end use for tin is tinplate, which accounts for about 30 percent of total tin consumption. Tinplate ...(100 of 4196 words)