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- Name : Zinc
- Symbol : Zn
- Atomic # : 30
- Atom weight: 65.39
- Melting P. : 419.58
- Boiling P. : 907
- Oxidation : +2
- Pronounced : ZINK
- From : Greek origin, zink, but any literal meaning has been obscured
- with time
- Identified : Prehistoric origin
- Appearance : Bluish-silver, ductile metal
- Note : Relatively resistant to corrosion from reactions with oxygen
- and moisture with time
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- [Properties]
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- Zinc is characterized as a fairly hard, blue-white metal. In its purest
- state, it is shiny and ductile; but few people ever see zinc in that state.
- The more common commercial grades of zinc have a dull finish and are quite
- brittle.
- Zinc heads the short list of Group-IIB on the periodic table of elements.
- Other members of this group are cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg)
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