Industrial uses of tin chemicals

Abstract

Tin chemicals used in industry fall into two main classes: inorganic tin chemicals and organotin compounds which contain at least one bond between tin and carbon. Compounds containing an organic anion in the molecule, but not containing tin-carbon bonds, are here referred to as inorganic compounds. The applications of these two classes of compound tend to be separate although there is some overlap in a few cases. In recent years, the consumption of tin has fallen somewhat, but tin chemicals continue to be an important outlet for the m et al. and with some recent developments, for example in the field of fire retardants, this area of use may show some growth. In the Western world in 1990, tin chemicals accounted for about 24 000 tonnes of tin consumption out of a total of 194 000 tonnes [1]; the breakdown is shown in Table 12.1.