Discovered: known in India and China before 1500 and to the Greeks and Romans before 20 BC as the copper-zinc alloy brass
Origin: The name is derived from the German ‘Zink’.
Atomic no: 30
Mass No: 65
Description: A grey metal with a blue tinge. World production exceeds 7 million tons a year, and it is used to galvanise iron to prevent it rusting. It is also employed in alloys and batteries, and as zinc oxide to stabilise rubber and plastics. Zinc is essential for all living things, and is important for growth and development. The average human body contains about 2.5 grams and takes in about 15 milligrams per day. Some foods have above average levels of zinc, including herring, beef, lamb, sunflower seeds and cheese.
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Chemical Periodicity
The variations in properties of elements with their position in the periodic table.
Theoretical Yield
Maximum amount of a specified product that could be obtained from specified amounts of reactants, assuming complete consumption of limiting reactant according to only one reaction and complete recovery of product.
Ideal Gas
A hypothetical gas that obeys exactly all postulates of the kinetic-molecular theory.
Half-Cell
Compartment in which the oxidation or reduction half-reaction occurs in a voltaic cell.
xylidine
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Strong Field Ligand
Ligand that exerts a strong crystal or ligand electrical field and generally forms low spin complexes with metal ions when possible.
Surface Tension
It is the force in dynes acting along the surface of the liquid 1cm in length and perpendicular to it.
Specific Heat
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of substance one degree Celsius.
Combustible
Classification of liquid substances that will burn on the basis of flash points. A combustible liquid means any liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8°C (100°F) but below 93.3°C (200°F), except any mixture having components with flash points of 93.3°C (200°F) or higher, the total of which makes up 99 percent or more of the total volume of the mixture.
Allotropic Modifications (Allotropes)
Different forms of the same element in the same physical state.
