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Electron microscope experiments show that the mechanism of electron-induced decomposition of tin(IV) sulfide differs from that of thermal decomposition. Hexagonal tin(IV) sulfide is converted to tetragonal tin in three equivalent orientations with [100]Sn parallel to [100]SnS2 and [001]Sn parallel to [001]SnS2. Experiments on epitaxic growth of tin on tin(IV) sulfide (001) surfaces and theoretical considerations of relative interface energies show that the reaction is controlled by epitaxy and not by a three-dimensional relation between the two lattices.