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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7091
• Author: Eisler, R.
• Title: Tin Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Synoptic Review.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 3. Major uses of inorganic and organic tin compounds.
Compounds, uses, and references (in parentheses)
INORGANIC TIN COMPOUNDS: Tin plate, solder, brass, bronze, and other alloys;
heat stabilizers for polyvinyl chloride manufacture; tin and tin alloy
electroplating baths; catalysts for silicone and polyurethane foam production;
in glass manufacture; flame retardants for woolen fabrics; in toothpastes and
dentifrices; for control of parasitic worms in sheep; radiopharmaceuticals; in
ceramic glazes and pigments; in fluorescent phosphors, in weighting and dying
of silk; stone polishing; corrosion inhibitors; color and perfume stabilizers
in soaps (WHO 1980; Blunden et al. 1985).
MONOORGANOTINS: Polyvinyl chloride stabilizers, catalysts, Sn0 precursors
(CEC 1978; WHO 1980; Chau et al. 1984; Blunden et al. 1985 Blunden and
Chapman 1986).
DIORGANOTINS: Catalysts for silicones, polyurethane foams; polyvinyl chloride
stabilizers; precursor for forming SnO films on glass; antihelminthics for
poultry; lubricating oil additives fPiver 1973; CEC 1978; WHO 1980; Chau et
al. 1984; Blunden et al. 1985; Blunden and Chapman 1986).
TRIORGANOTINS: Agrochemical fungicides, herbicides, miticides, insecticides,
nematocides, acaracides, antifeedants; biocide in marine paints; slimicide in
paper pulp mills and cooling towers; rodent repellant; molluscicides; wood
preservative fungicides; disinfectants; stone preservation; textile and
leather protection (Piver 1973; Hunter 1976; Kumpulainen and Koivistoinen
1977; CEC 1978; WHO 1980; Davies and Smith 1982; Chau et al. 1984; Subramanian
1984; Wilkinson 1984; Blunden et al. 1985; Maguire and Tkacz 1985; Thompson et
al. 1985; Blunden and Chapman 1986).
TETRAORGANOTINS: Used in manufacture of
catalysts for olefin polymers; stabilizers
inhibitor in lubricating oils (CEC 1978; WHO
R SnX compounds from SnCI ;
fora tr?n?former oils; corrosion
1980; Davies and Smith 1982).
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