Zinc (Zn)
Before zinc was identified as an element, it was used to make brass. The metal was rediscovered in Europe in 1746.
As a bluish-white, lustrous metal, zinc is brittle at ambient temperatures and, above 100 °C, becomes malleable and displays superplasticity. A fair conductor of electricity, it burns in air at high heat.
Principal sources of zinc are sphalerite (sulfide), smithsonite (carbonate), calamine (silicate), and franklinite (zinc, manganese, iron oxide) ores. Naturally occurring zinc includes five stable isotopes, and sixteen other unstable isotopes are known.
Zinc is also used to galvanize other metals to prevent rusting.
Fisher Science Education™ Zinc, Strips, 2 in. x 1/4 in.
CAS: 7440-20-0 Synonym: 1 mmHg at 487degreeC
Fisher Science Education™ Zinc, Metal Pieces
CAS: 7440-66-6 Molecular Formula: Zn Molecular Weight (g/mol): 65.38 MDL Number: MFCD00011291 InChI Key: HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: dust,cinc,powder,merrillite,rheinzink,jasad,blue powder,granular,zinc, elemental,emanay dust PubChem CID: 23994 ChEBI: CHEBI:30185 IUPAC Name: zinc SMILES: [Zn]
Fisher Science Education™ Zinc, Granular
CAS: 7440-66-6 Molecular Formula: Zn Molecular Weight (g/mol): 65.38 MDL Number: MFCD00011291 InChI Key: HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: dust,cinc,powder,merrillite,rheinzink,jasad,blue powder,granular,zinc, elemental,emanay dust PubChem CID: 23994 ChEBI: CHEBI:30185 IUPAC Name: zinc SMILES: [Zn]
Fisher Science Education™ Zinc, Mossy
CAS: 6-6-7440 Molecular Formula: K Molecular Weight (g/mol): 39.10 MDL Number: MFCD00133776 InChI Key: ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: Zinc Dust IUPAC Name: potassium SMILES: [K]
Fisher Science Education™ Zinc, Shot
CAS: 6-6-7440 Synonym: Zinc Dust
Fisher Science Education™ Zinc, Sheet
CAS: 6-6-7440