Editing Tin (section)

=== Other applications ===
[[File:Punched tin barn lantern.jpeg|thumb|upright|A 21st-century reproduction barn lantern made of punched tin<!--Barn lanterns were placed over candles and oil lamps to reduce fire hazard when inside barns, and were in use up until the mid-20th century by some farmers.-->]]
Punched tin-plated steel, also called pierced tin, is an artisan technique originating in central Europe for creating functional and decorative housewares. Decorative piercing designs exist in a wide variety, based on local tradition and the artisan. Punched tin lanterns are the most common application of this artisan technique. The light of a candle shining through the pierced design creates a decorative light pattern in the room where it sits. Lanterns and other punched tin articles were created in the New World from the earliest European settlement. A well-known example is the Revere lantern, named after [[Paul Revere]].<ref>{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/makingdecorating0000brid | url-access = registration | title = Making & decorating picture frames | publisher = North Light Books | isbn = 978-0-89134-739-2 | last1 = Bridge | first1 = Janet | date = September 1996 }}</ref>

In America, [[pie safe]]s and food safes were in use in the days before refrigeration. These were wooden cupboards of various styles and sizes – either floor standing or hanging cupboards meant to discourage vermin and insects and to keep dust from perishable foodstuffs. These cabinets had tinplate inserts in the doors and sometimes in the sides, punched out by the homeowner, cabinetmaker, or a tinsmith in varying designs to allow for air circulation while excluding flies. Modern reproductions of these articles remain popular in North America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tin punching|url=http://www.piercedtin.com/about-us.htm|access-date=August 15, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811010659/http://www.piercedtin.com/about-us.htm|archive-date=August 11, 2011}}</ref>

Window glass is most often made by floating molten [[glass]] on molten tin ([[float glass]]), resulting in a flat and flawless surface. This is also called the "[[Pilkington process]]".<ref>{{cite journal|title = Review Lecture. The Float Glass Process.|first = L. A. B.|last = Pilkington|journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences|volume = 314|issue = 1516|pages = 1–25|date = 1969|doi = 10.1098/rspa.1969.0212|jstor = 2416528|bibcode = 1969RSPSA.314....1P |s2cid = 109981215}}</ref>

Tin is used as a negative electrode in advanced [[Lithium-ion battery|Li-ion batteries]]. Its application is somewhat limited by the fact that some tin surfaces{{which|date=June 2013}} catalyze decomposition of carbonate-based electrolytes used in Li-ion batteries.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Interfacial processes at single-crystal β-Sn electrodes in organic carbonate electrolytes|journal=Electrochemistry Communications|volume= 13|issue =11|date=2011|pages =1271–1275|doi=10.1016/j.elecom.2011.08.026|last1=Lucas|first1=Ivan T.|last2=Syzdek|first2=Jarosław|last3=Kostecki|first3=Robert}}</ref>

[[Tin(II) fluoride]] is added to some dental care products<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/OC/Products/FromTheDentist/GelKamStannousFluorideGel.cvsp| title = Colgate Gel-Kam| access-date = 2009-05-05| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090427101229/http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/OC/Products/FromTheDentist/GelKamStannousFluorideGel.cvsp| archive-date = 2009-04-27}}</ref> as [[stannous fluoride]] (SnF<sub>2</sub>). Tin(II) fluoride can be mixed with [[calcium]] abrasives while the more common [[sodium fluoride]] gradually becomes biologically inactive in the presence of calcium compounds.<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1989|journal = Journal of Dentistry|volume = 17|issue = 2|pages = 47–54|pmid = 2732364|title = The State of Fluorides in Toothpastes|doi = 10.1016/0300-5712(89)90129-2|last = Hattab|first = F.}}</ref> It has also been shown to be more effective than [[sodium fluoride]] in controlling [[gingivitis]].<ref>{{cite journal|date=1995|journal = The Journal of Clinical Dentistry|volume = 6|issue = Special Issue|pages = 54–58|pmid = 8593194|title = The clinical effect of a stabilized stannous fluoride dentifrice on plaque formation, gingivitis and gingival bleeding: a six-month study|last1=Perlich|first1=M. A.|last2=Bacca|first2=L. A.|last3=Bollmer|first3=B. W.|last4=Lanzalaco|first4=A. C.|last5=McClanahan|first5=S. F.|last6=Sewak|first6=L. K.|last7=Beiswanger|first7=B. B.|last8=Eichold|first8=W. A.|last9=Hull|first9=J. R.|last10=Jackson |first10=R. D.|display-authors=9}}</ref>

Tin is used as a target to create laser-induced [[Plasma (physics)|plasmas]] that act as the light source for [[extreme ultraviolet lithography]].<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Oscar O. |last=Versolato |title=Physics of laser-driven tin plasma sources of EUV radiation for nanolithography |journal=[[Plasma Sources Science and Technology]] |year=2019 |doi=10.1088/1361-6595/ab3302 |volume=28 |issue=8|bibcode=2019PSST...28h3001V }}</ref>