tin pest
An autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin…An autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin objects to become brittle and flaky. The phase transition conversion of β-tin (white tin) into α-tin (gray tin/grey tin).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin objects to become brittle and flaky. The phase transition conversion of β-tin (white tin) into α-tin (gray tin/grey tin).
the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
Translations
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2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures:tin diseasetin plague
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable