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Tin plague is...

Tin plague is

A

Conversion of stannous salt into stannic salt

B

Conversion of white tin into grey tin

C

Tin plating

D

Emission of sound while bending a tin plate

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D
Tin plague or tin pest or tin disease is due to an increase in volume when tin is converted into grey tin. As a result, grey tin crumbles to a powder because it is very brittle.
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