Talk:Tin(II) chloride

House MD
According to episode 2.15 of House M.D., "When I was a kid, my dad was stationed at a marine base in Egypt. We were in the middle of nowhere and there was absolutely nothing for a kid to do except look for a mummy's tomb.... I never actually did find a mummy, but I did learn a fair amount about the ancient Egyptians. For example, they discovered that stannous chloride is not only great for toughening ruby glass, but if it's mixed with gold, it turns bright purple." Any of this accurate? 139.84.48.249 15:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think there's certainly some truth in it; from memory I think it may be used to make "Purple of Cassius" (see ). We should probably look up some more authoritative sources on this and add it in.  It may be relevant to Gold(III) chloride as well. Walkerma 17:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I deleted the following text from the Uses section: "This very reaction between stannous chloride and gold was used in episode #215:Clueless of House to affirm gold poisoning.". The reference to that episode of House in the Popular Culture section is more than enough: it doesn't belong in Uses too. -- EmmetCaulfield (talk) 15:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, Stannous Chloride is in fact used as an indicator for gold and PGMs in aqueous solutions. Many hobbyists are using it. I added its use in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salut151 (talk • contribs) 17:44, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

held nom
this article is being held on importance for the inclusion in the 0.7 test release. that hold nominations discussion link about leads to the wrong page; until it is fixed, here is the link instead. JoeSmack Talk 19:29, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Should be fixed. Tito xd (?!? - cool stuff) 23:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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