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tin polyphosphates(medicine)

May Day (sh) and tin polyphosphates (medicine)


May Day (sh)




In Europe, the day (May 1) for traditional springtime celebrations.

It probably originated in pre-Christian agricultural rituals. Celebrations included a May king and queen, a Maypole, and people carrying trees, green branches, or garlands. May Day was designated an international labour day by the International Socialist Congress of 1899, and it remains the standard Labour Day worldwide, with a few exceptions, including Canada and the U.S. A major holiday in the Soviet Union and Other communist countries, it was the occasion for important political demonstrations.


tin polyphosphates (medicine)


tin polyphosphates
Poly or pyrophosphates of tin. In conjunction with radioactive technetium these compounds are used as bone-scanning agents and in scintigraphy to diagnose myocardial and cerebral infarction.