tinplate

         Tin is coated with a layer of tin metal, it is not easy to rust, also known as tin-plated iron. This coated steel in China for a long time known as the "tin" Some people think that because of the manufacture of tin cans with a sheet from the Guangdong Province, Macau (Macao readable English name for the horses mouth) imports, so called "tin." There are other claims, such as China in the past with this tin plate manufacturing kerosene lamps of the lamp, shaped like a horses mouth, so called "tin." "Tin" the name of the inaccurate, therefore, the meeting in 1973 when Chinese tin sheet name the tin sheets, official documents no longer use the "tin" the name.