English Dictionary

tin pest

名詞

不可算名詞

An autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin objects to become brittle and flaky. The phase transition conversion of β-tin (white tin) into α-tin (gray tin/grey tin).

日本語の意味

錫の自発的な相転移現象。具体的には、白色のβ-錫が灰色のα-錫へ転換することにより、錫製品が脆くなり、粉々になってしまう現象を指す。

During the museum's restoration, several antique tin toys were ruined by tin pest, their surfaces crumbling into a powdery gray mass.

博物館の修復作業中、いくつかの古い錫製の玩具は、白錫（β-錫）が灰色錫（α-錫）へと自己触媒的に相転移してもろく粉状に崩れる現象のために台無しになった。

意味（1）

An autocatalytic transformation of tin into a different allotrope that causes tin objects to become brittle and flaky. The phase transition conversion of β-tin (white tin) into α-tin (gray tin/grey tin).