A netizen showed a silver bar bought online. When heated on a gas stove, the internal tin melted and sprayed out like a fountain.
One user jokingly said, “Your silver bar… it’s full of tin.” Others suggested it could be zinc instead of tin.
However, one person disagreed, saying, “Zinc doesn’t spray that far. They usually use tin, since zinc is quite expensive.”
“Tin has a lower melting point than silver. When there’s high internal pressure, it bursts and sprays out.”
In 2025, the dramatic rise in silver prices led to a surge in fake silver. Many investors were drawn to low-priced “9999 fine silver” bars online, only to find most of them were counterfeit, resulting in heavy losses.
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