Tin Scrap (Sn)
Block Tin shall consist of clean tin solids with a minimum 98 % tin content, must be free of solders, or foreign metals and materials. |
Pewter shall consist of tin based tableware with a minimum 84 % tin, may include soda-fountain boxes and cast figurines. |
High Tin Babitt shall consist of clean tin based babit or barring material with a minimum 78 % tin. |
Solder Dross shall contain high tin solder droppings and skimmings from solder etch plating operations. |
typical common solder consists of 60% tin and 40% lead |
to meet compliance for the EU WEEE and RoHS directives manufactures have switched to a lead free solder which is tin based and commonly contains 3-4% silver and up to 1% copper |
Recovered, remelted solder derived from populated circuit board de-population or solder sweat recovery systems |
Detining Can Scrap shall consist of tin plated steel scrap suitable for detinning. |
Other Tin Scrap shall consist of any other tin based scrap materials not listed in the other grades. |