Question

The thickness of a tinplate sheet is around ______

(a) 0.5–1.5 mm

(b) 0.15–0.5 cm

(c) 0.5–1.5 cm

(d) 0.15–0.5 mm

I got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My question is taken from Manufacture of Tinplate in division Metal Packaging Materials of Food Packaging Technology

Answer 1

Correct choice is (d) 0.15–0.5 mm

To explain: The term tinplate refers to low-carbon, mild steel sheet varying in thickness from around 0.15–0.5 mm with a coating of tin between 2.8 and 17 gsm (g m^−2) (0.4–2.5 μm thick) on each surface of the material.