Tin cry recrystallizing the metal. The low melting point of tin (only 232 °C, or about 500 K) makes re-casting easy. Tin anneals at reasonably-low temperature as well, normalizing tin's microstructure of crystallites/grains. Although the cry is most typical of tin, a similar effect occurs in other metals, such as niobium, indium, zinc, cadmium, gallium, and mercury. Tin cry A tin cry is the characteristic sound heard when a bar of tin is bent. Variously described as a "screaming" or "crackling" sound, the effect is caused by the crystal twinning in the metal. The sound is not particularly loud, despite terms like
Gift shop differentiation. Many shops that are not primarily gift shops become gift shops during typical gift-giving periods such as Christmas and Valentine's Day, offering ranges of gift products for a limited time period in the build-up to these celebrations. Online gift shops are websites which have the primary objective of selling products online that will be given to others. These online retailers may or may not be associated to a physical shop. Gift shop A gift shop or souvenir gift shop is a store primarily selling souvenirs relating to a particular topic or theme. The items sold often include coffee mugs,