Tin yog ib qho ntawm thawj cov hlau tau tshawb pom thiab siv tau dav los ntawm tib neeg. Nws lub npe Askiv yog tin, thiab nws cov cim tshuaj lom yog sn. Nws los ntawm Latin lo lus Stannum thiab tau pom txij li lub sijhawm prehistoric. Txij li tin nyob rau hauv qhov tsis tshua muaj tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ib lub xeev pub dawb, muaj heev me ntsis ntshiab me ntsis nws yog xim hlau tin. Cov ntxhia tseem ceeb uas muaj tin yog lub cev nqaij hlav, uas nws cov tshuaj muaj tshuaj lom yog tin dioxide. Ntev npaum li cas cov mellassiterite yog hlawv ua ke nrog hluav ncaig ua ke nrog hluav ncaig, lub ntsuas hluav taws xob yuav txo cov tin los ntawm cov kab ke. Nws yog tseeb tias yog cov ancients tau tsim lub zog pw uas muaj Tin tso nyiaj, lawv yuav tau pom cov gristening kua tin.
Hauv lub sijhawm puag thaum ub, thawj cov hlau kom pom thiab dav siv yog tooj liab thiab tin. Cov alloy ntawm tin thiab tooj liab yog tooj. Vim nws cov khoom zoo heev, nws tau nrawm nrawm pom ntau yam nws tau tshawb pom, thiab nws tau sau ib tshooj lus hauv keeb kwm ntawm tib neeg - lub hnub nyoog Bronze.
Kev siv cov tshuaj tinware tuaj yeem tso rov qab mus rau 3700 BC. Nyob rau hauv 36 xyoo pua BC, Tin tau siv rau cov tooj liab nyuaj. Hauv lub sijhawm puag thaum ub, cov tib neeg feem ntau muab cov ntaub ntawv tin hauv qab ntawm cov dej kom huv si cov dej. Ntawm Japanese Tsev Hais Plaub, Imperial cawv ua tib zoo tua hauv cov tinware tseem tau ua haujlwm hauv cov tinware. Nyob ib ncig ntawm 3000 bc, bronze (tin-tooj liab piv 3: 7) twb tau siv nyob rau tim lyiv teb chaws, Mesopotamia thiab Indus hav. Cov kws tshawb fawb qub tau pom lub nplhaib tin thiab lub pilgrim's flask nyob rau hauv Egyptian Tombs los ntawm 18th Dynasty ({} bc).
Thaum ntxov tin mining thiab siv nyob rau hauv Suav teb pib ib ncig ntawm 700 BC. Tam sim no Yunnan cheeb tsam yog thawj thaj chaw nyob hauv Suav teb kom nrhiav tau Tin Tsuas thiab siv. Nws tau siv los ua cov khoom tseem ceeb rau riam phom thaum lub sijhawm tawm tsam ua rog nyob hauv Suav teb. Cov lus dab neeg muaj nws uas Wuxi nyob rau hauv Suav teb tau nplua nuj nyob rau hauv lub tin thaum lub sij hawm warring xeev lub sij hawm, thiab kev ua tsov ua rog ua rau sab sab, uas yog vim li cas Wuxi tau txais nws lub npe. Tin pots, tin conclesticks thiab lwm cov tshuaj muaj tinware no feem ntau tau khawb tawm los ntawm qhov ntxa thaum ub nyob hauv Suav teb. Raws li kev tshawb fawb, kev siv Tinware tau dhau los thaum Zhou dynasty hauv Suav teb.
Tin tin kuj tseem pom nyob rau hauv Machu Picchu, Incas 'Roob Citadel. Tin txhua txhua hnub cov khoom kuj tau pom hauv cov tub ki hauv tebchaws Iyiv. Cov tshuaj muaj yeej tau nrov nrog lub aristocracy rau nws cov yam ntxwv maj thiab du, muaj kuab heev, thiab nws lub sijhawm tsis muaj lub sijhawm. Hauv Tebchaws Europe, nws tau dhau los ua lub cim ntawm kev coj noj coj ua, thiab cov tshuaj muaj zog tuaj yeem ua rau ntau lub nkoj caw, cov cej hluav taws xob, cov tshuaj yej teeb, thiab lwm yam.
Txij xyoo 1970, nws tau siv los tiv thaiv cov pa phem. Cov tshuaj lom nkev roj carbon monoxide hauv cov pa tsheb hloov pauv tuaj yeem hloov kho cov pa roj carbon dioxide ntawm 300 degree hauv qab catalysis ntawm tin dioxide. Nrog rau kev loj hlob sai ntawm cov kev txhim kho niaj hnub, tin tau siv ntau dua thiab ntau qhov chaw hauv kev lag luam thiab kev ua liaj ua teb, nrog rau kev txiav cov tshuab txiav.
