Tin Made
What we refer to as "tin" cans are actually steel... but were they once made of pure tin, and when?
A section of my Dad's basement in his old victorian farmhouse is heaped up with dirt like a bunch of trash was buried there 100 years ago. I'll bet it's a lot of tin cans and old bottles under there.
"No cans currently in wide use are composed primarily or wholly of tin; that term rather reflects the near-exclusive use in cans, until the second half of the 20th century, of tinplate steel, which combined the physical strength and relatively low price of steel with the corrosion resistance of tin."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_can
"Tin cans have been replaced by tin-free steel which is given a thin tin coating, usually as thin as a human hair, to prevent rusting."
http://www.cancentral.com/recFAQ.cfm
The "tin" simply keeps the steel from rusting and contaminating the food inside. Today's cans also have an inner coating for acidic foods. Solder made from lead was once used to cover the seam but this resulted in lead poisoning.
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