Post-transition metal packing structure. Tin forms Zintl phases such as NaSn, BaSn, KSn and CaSn. It has good corrosion resistance in air on account of forming a thin protective oxide layer. Pure tin has no structural uses. It is used in lead-free solders, and as a hardening agent in alloys of other metals, such as copper, lead, titanium and zinc. Lead is a soft metal (MH 1.5, but hardens close to melting) which, in many cases, is unable to support its own weight. It has a close-packed structure (BCN 12) but an abnormally large inter-atomic distance that has been attributed to partial
Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars is the twelfth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and composer Anthony Phillips. It was released in August 1987 in the United States by Audion Recording as the seventh instalment in his "Private Parts & Pieces" album series. The album sees Phillips explore ambient and new-age music with synthesisers and guitars. Following the release of his previous album, "", in 1986, Phillips found himself in a situation where he was "plodding along doing the same kind of things" until a lack of commissions