Subject: Looking for Tin sheet

From: [email-masked] (JHrisoulas)
Date: 30 Apr 1996 12:39:00 -0400

Here's a hard one, and maybe someone out there could help.

I am looking for pure tin sheet, in 0.007" thickness. I have called all
over the US and no one seems to be able to tell me where I can get some. I
know it is available as I have a sheet right here...;

If anyone has any ideas, well I'd appreciate hearing from you.

Don't care if the supplier is in the US although I would prefer it if they
were for obvioius reasons..

THANK YOU!

Jim Hrisoulas

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From: [email-masked] (James Wilkins)
Date: 1 May 1996 16:22:35 GMT

> I am looking for pure tin sheet, in 0.007" thickness...

     How pure?  Just lead-free?  95/5 hard solder is 95% tin, 5%
antimony.  The only really pure tin I have seen was in a distilled water
condenser.  It was called "block tin."

     The people who make printed circuit boards plate thin layers of tin
on them.  Maybe you could get tin plated onto sheet aluminum and then
dissolve the aluminum with lye.  

     Low-melting metals can be cast into thin sheets in an ancient,
tricky, but low-tech way.  Check up on how organ pipes were made.  I've
tried it but didn't get it right, so I don't want to give bad
instructions.

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From: [email-masked] (J. Kimberlin)
Date: 1 May 1996 15:59:39 -0700

In article <[email-masked]>,
>were for obvioius reasons..

Look in the Thomas Register (on-line, actually) using key-words such as 
strip, sheet or foil.  There you will find:

	HTF Products 1-800-840-9345
	Division Lead Ltd. Ptrs 1-800-457-5323
	Belmont Metals	1-718-342-4900
	B & S Aircraft Alloys 1-800-645-2401
	Nuclead, Inc    [email-masked]

Aldrich Chemical has pure tin sheet 1-800-558-9160.  A 100mm square sheet 
that is 0.25mm thick costs $60+.

Johnson Matthey 1-800-343-0660 has tin sheet that is 99.999% pure in .001, 
.002, .004, .005, .0098, .013, .020, etc., but not very cheap.  0.0098" 
costs $86.50 for 100mm sq.

It is not a problem finding this stuff or a whole bunch of other exotic 
metals.  The problem is the cost.

JerryK

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From: Richard Hager <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 23:48:22 -0400

JHrisoulas wrote:
> over the US and no one seems to be able to tell me where I can get some. I> know it is available as I have a sheet right here...;
 
> THANK YOU! Jim Hrisoulas

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Jim,

You might try Goodfellow.  Don't know if they have what you need, but they 
distribute all kinds of high-purity metals and compounds.  Be prepared to pay, 
though!  Their stuff is typically used for magnetron sputtering of thin films, 
etc..  High quality goods and prices to match.

In 1994 their phone was 1-800-821-2870 or 610-640-1612

Hope it works for you!

                       Richard Hager

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