zinc

Summary

zinc is a chemical element^[1]. zinc draws 8,946 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #33 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• zinc's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[3].
• zinc's instance of is recorded as simple substance^[4].
• zinc's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element^[5].
• tine is named after zinc^[6].
• zinc's manufacturer is recorded as Pfizer^[7].
• zinc is made of sphalerite^[8].
• zinc is made of smithsonite^[9].
• zinc is made of hemimorphite^[10].
• zinc is made of wurtzite^[11].
• zinc is made of hydrozincite^[12].
• zinc is made of tetrahedrite-(Zn)^[13].
• zinc is made of tennantite-(Zn)^[14].
• zinc is made of zvĕstovite-(Zn)^[15].
• zinc is made of hakite-(Zn)^[16].
• zinc is made of argentotennantite-(Zn)^[17].
• zinc is made of argentotetrahedrite-(Zn)^[18].
• zinc is made of beaverite-(Zn)^[19].
• zinc is made of giraudite-(Zn)^[20].
• zinc is made of kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Zn)^[21].
• zinc is made of rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn)^[22].
• zinc is made of zinc ore^[23].
• zinc's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Zn]^[24].
• zinc's element symbol is recorded as Zn^[25].
• zinc's chemical formula is recorded as Zn^[26].
• zinc is a type of post-transition metal^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[3], simple substance^[4], and chalcophile element^[5]. zinc is a type of post-transition metal^[27].

Origins

tine is named after zinc^[6].

Use and Application

zinc is used for cathode^[28]. Part of include period 4^[29], a period^[30] and group 12^[31], a group^[32].

Influence

Things named for zinc include zincite^[33], a mineral species^[34]; hydrozincite^[35], a mineral species^[36]; zincochromite^[37], a mineral species^[38]; zincolivenite^[39], a mineral species^[40]; zinclipscombite^[41], a mineral species^[42]; zincobotryogen^[43], a mineral species^[44]; znucalite^[45], a mineral species^[46]; and zincmelanterite^[47], a mineral species^[48].

Why It Matters

zinc draws 8,946 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #33 of 144).^[2] zinc has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] zinc is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]

Entities named for zinc include zincite^[33], a mineral species^[34]; hydrozincite^[35], a mineral species^[36]; zincochromite^[37], a mineral species^[38]; zincolivenite^[39], a mineral species^[40]; zinclipscombite^[41], a mineral species^[42]; and zincobotryogen^[43], a mineral species^[44].