zinc
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Summary
zinc is a chemical element[1]. zinc draws 16,610 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #33 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: simple substance[3], chalcophile element[4]
- Named after: tine[5]
- Manufacturer: Pfizer[6]
- Made from material: sphalerite[7], smithsonite[8], hemimorphite[9], wurtzite[10], hydrozincite[11], tetrahedrite-(Zn)[12], tennantite-(Zn)[13], zvĕstovite-(Zn)[14], hakite-(Zn)[15], argentotennantite-(Zn)[16], argentotetrahedrite-(Zn)[17], beaverite-(Zn)[18], giraudite-(Zn)[19], kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Zn)[20]
- Canonical SMILES: [Zn][21]
- Element symbol: Zn[22]
- Chemical formula: Zn[23]
- Subclass of: post-transition metal[24], d-block[25]
- Part of: period 4[26], group 12[27], transition metal[28]
- Has use: cathode[29]
- Commons category: Zinc[30]
- Unicode character: 鋅[31]
- Crystal system: hexagonal crystal system[32]
- Point group: dihexagonal-dipyramidal[33]
- Space group: space group P6₃/mmc[34]
- Found in taxon: Foeniculum vulgare[35], Phytelephas aequatorialis[36], Artemia salina[37], Tedania charcoti[38], cacao[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zinc[40]
- Commons gallery: Zinc[41]
- Atomic number: 30[42]
- Mohs' hardness: 2.5[43]
- Electronegativity: 1.65[44]
- Oxidation state: 1[45], 2[46], -2[47], 0[48]
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Influence
Things named for zinc include zincite[49], a mineral species[50]; hydrozincite[51], a mineral species[52]; zincochromite[53], a mineral species[54]; znucalite[55], a mineral species[56]; zincmelanterite[57], a mineral species[58]; zincolivenite[59], a mineral species[60]; zincobotryogen[61], a mineral species[62]; and zinclipscombite[63], a mineral species[64].
Why It Matters
zinc has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] zinc is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for zinc include zincite[49], a mineral species[50]; hydrozincite[51], a mineral species[52]; zincochromite[53], a mineral species[54]; znucalite[55], a mineral species[56]; zincmelanterite[57], a mineral species[58]; and zincolivenite[59], a mineral species[60].