Aluminium foil Aluminium foil Aluminium foil (or aluminum foil), often referred to with the misnomer tin foil, is aluminium prepared in thin metal leaves with a thickness less than ; thinner gauges down to are also commonly used. In the United States, foils are commonly gauged in thousandths of an inch or mils. Standard household foil is typically thick, and heavy duty household foil is typically . The foil is pliable, and can be readily bent or wrapped around objects. Thin foils are fragile and are sometimes laminated to other materials such as plastics or paper to make them more useful. Aluminium
Tin-Tin Kyrano Tin-Tin Kyrano Tin-Tin Kyrano is a fictional character introduced in the mid-1960s British Supermarionation television series "Thunderbirds". In the original TV series and its film sequels, the voice of the Tin-Tin puppet was provided by actress Christine Finn. In the remake series, due to copyright problems with Hergé's "The Adventures of Tintin", the character's name was changed to Tanusha 'Kayo' Kyrano. Sylvia Anderson, "Thunderbirds" co-producer and character co-creator, writes that Tin-Tin was conceived mainly to "redress the balance" of the "male-dominated" primary puppet cast. The character's name was derived from the Malaysian term for "". The Supermarionation puppet was sculpted