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Tin plague means

A

Conversion of stannous salt into stannic salt

B

Coversion of white tin to grey tin

C

Tin plating

D

Emissoin of sound while bebding a tin plate

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B
Conversion of white tin into grey tin is accompanied by an increases in volume and the grey in being very brittle crumbles down easily to a powder. This is called tin pest or tin disease or Tin plague.
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