Actual tin foil had quite a run. Materials dating from around the 7th to 5th centuries B.C. have been found in China. By the ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Early History of the Discovery and use of Tin ” in SA Supplements Vol. 32 No. 831supp (December 1891), p. 13280 doi:10.1038 ...

So even though tin foil has been out of vogue for almost 100 years, some people still cling to that name—maybe because it has three less syllables than aluminum, or maybe because that’s what ...