Tin and Tin Lead Alloys

As tin has been one of the higher valued base metals and as the infrastructure to reclaim tin has been well-developed for many years, the metal has significant recycling rates, though lower than some other metals.

We may classify Lead scrap as following:

Block Tin

It includes clean tin solids with minimum tin content of 98 %. It should be free of solders, or foreign metals and materials.

Pewter

It comprises of tin based tableware with minimum tin content of 84 %. This grade may include soda-fountain boxes and cast figurines.

High Tin Babbit

This grade consists of clean tin based babbit or barring material with minimum tin content of 78 %.

Solder Dross

Solder Dross shall consists of high tin solder droppings and skimmings from solder etch plating operations.

Sn / Sb Solder Scrap

Sn / Sb solder scrap contains typical common solder with 60 % tin and 40 % lead content.

Lead Free Solder Scrap

Lead free solder scrap is tin based with 3-4 % silver and up to 1 % copper content.