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Can Tin Plated Bronze Corrode and Oxidize?

Hi Guys,

Need you all to help me....can tin plated bronze corrode and oxidize? if yes, under what condition it happen? e.g temperature?

Kent Lim
NUS - Orchard, Singapore
July 9, 2008

Hi Kent,
Tin plated bronze should not corrode. As far as oxidation goes, and at what temperature, depends on the tin plating thickness, purity, and the quality of the bronze (alloy make up).

Mark Baker
process engineer - Malone, New York
July 11, 2008

The tin will oxidize with time and conditions. The bronze would have a problem only if the tin was too thin or poorly applied or the conditions are too harsh for it.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
July 14, 2008

Tin may corrode in presence of chlorides at room temperature. G. Marrufo-Mexico

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
July 21, 2008

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