Zinc - ASCII Periodic Table of the Elements

ASCII PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS

  Zn

Relative atomic mass: 65.409 ± 0.004

English: Zinc
French: Zinc
Croatian: Cink
German: Zink
Italian: Zinco
Spanish: Cinc

Atomic number: 30
Group numbers: 12
Period: 4
Standard state (20 °C): solid

Discovery: - -

Zinc has been known since ancient times. The origin of the name comes from the German word 'zink'. It is a bluish-silver, ductile metal that reacts with alkalis and acids. Zinc tarnishes in air. Zinc is found in the minerals zinc blende (sphalerite) (ZnS), calamine, franklinite, smithsonite (ZnCO3), willemite and zincite (ZnO). It is used to coat other metal (galvanizing) to protect them from rusting, 90% of the zinc is used for galvanizing steel. Zinc metal is used in the common dry-cell batteries and to make alloys such as brass, bronze. Zinc compounds are used in the manufacture of paints, cosmetics, plastics, electronic devices, and many other products.

Electronic configuration: [Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s²
Formal oxidation number: +2
Atomic radius: 133.5 pm

Electronegativities: 1.65
Thermal conductivity: 116 W/(m K)
Electrical resistivity (20 °C): 5.964 μΩcm

Melting point: 419.53 °C
Boiling point: 907 °C

Heat of fusion: 6.67 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization: 114.2 kJ/mol
Heat of atomization: 130.181 kJ/mol