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Tin Sputtering Targets and Applications

Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery white, malleable metal at room temperature. Tin sputtering target  is one of the most used elements that are used for coating. For example tin-plated steel containers are widely used for food preservation. Tin is a suitable material to obtain alloys with other metals and these alloys are used in many ways such as solder for joining pipes or electric circuits, pewter, bell metal, babbit metal and dental amalgams. For superconducting magnets tin and niobium alloy can be used. Tin sputtering targets  are generally used for the coatings on copper. At low temperature tin  sputtering targets  are bonded to copper as solder. Tin layers which can be obtained by sputtering targets also possible to be oxidized. Tin has two oxidation states as Sn 2+  and Sn 4+  and by N 2  pressure Sn can be oxidized and form SnO and SnO 2 . These compounds can be used in  semiconducto...