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Acid-etched disc of Tin, showing its poly-crystalline inner structure
A collection of silvery ingots, from left to right: |sn|, |pb|, |zn|, |bi|, and |al|
Two samples of Tin metal in its two common forms. In the bottle on the left: multiple finger-shaped crystals of shiny metallic beta-Tin, the metal that most people know about. In the small bottle on the right: small chunks of dark gray non-metallic alpha-Tin, more commonly known as Tin Pest.
Carbon group elements! from left to right: |c|, |si|, |ge|, beta-|sn| pest, alpha-|sn| metal, |pb| shot
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