Zinc-Zn

Physical Properties:

Melting Point

419.58⁰ C

Boiling Point

907.0^o C

Phase

solid

Color

Bluish-white

Atomic Number

30

Atomic Mass

65.39

Number of electrons in the last energy field

2

Discovery:

Name origin

German word zin, meaning tin

Discovered by

Andreas Marggraf

Discovered when

1746

Found:

Where can you find it?

environment

Is it man made?

no

Common compounds

zinc chloride, zinc hydroxide, zinc sulfate, zinc nitride, zinc phosphate, zinc oxide

Uses:

Zinc is used for the coating on soda bottle cans, zinc is a coating on iron and steel to prevent rusting, Zinc is also used in sun

block, brass, bronze, nickle, air, water, soil and almost everywhere in the envinroment, Alloys and Batteries, in some rubber and plastic

Periodic Table:

Row

4

Group

12

Family

transition metals

Alchemical Symbol

Other:

average person will use 730 lb.. of zinc in his/her life time

tires contain 1/2 lb. of zinc

30% of global zinc supply comes from recycled zinc

know in India and China before 1500 and to the Greeks and the Romans before 20 BC as the copper alloy brass

Atomic Structure

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