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Definition of zinc
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Zinc (n.) An
abundant
element
of the
magnesium-cadmium
group,
extracted
principally
from the
minerals
zinc
blende,
smithsonite,
calamine,
and
franklinite,
as an
easily
fusible
bluish
white
metal,
which is
malleable,
especially
when
heated.
It is not
easily
oxidized
in moist air, and hence is used for
sheeting,
coating
galvanized
iron, etc. It is used in
making
brass,
britannia,
and other
alloys,
and is also
largely
consumed
in
electric
batteries.
Symbol
Zn.
Atomic
weight
64.9..
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Photozincography
::
Photozincography
(n.) A
process,
analogous
to
photolithography,
for
reproducing
photographed
impressions
transferred
to zinc
plate..
Braze
::
Braze (v. i.) To
solder
with hard
solder,
esp. with an alloy of
copper
and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a
copper
pipe..
Galvanize
::
Galvanize
(v. t.) To coat, as iron, with zinc. See
Galvanized
iron..
Graphotype
::
Graphotype
(n.) A
process
for
producing
a
design
upon a
surface
in
relief
so that it can be
printed
from.
Prepared
chalk or oxide of zinc is
pressed
upon a
smooth
plate by a
hydraulic
press,
and the
design
is drawn upon this in a
peculiar
ink which
hardens
the
surface
wherever
it is
applied.
The
surface
is then
carefully
rubbed
or
brushed,
leaving
the lines in
relief..
Cent
::
Cent (n.) A
United
States
coin, the
hundredth
part of a
dollar,
formerly
made of
copper,
now of
copper,
tin, and
zinc..
Similor
::
Similor
(n.) An alloy of
copper
and zinc,
resembling
brass,
but of a
golden
color..
Ormolu
::
Ormolu
(n.) A
variety
of brass made to
resemble
gold by the use of less zinc and more
copper
in its
composition
than
ordinary
brass
contains.
Its
golden
color is often
heightened
by means of
lacquer
of some sort, or by use of
acids.
Called
also
mosaic
gold..
Zincing
::
Zincing
() of Zin.
Brass
::
Brass (n.) An alloy
(usually
yellow)
of
copper
and zinc, in
variable
proportion,
but often
containing
two parts of
copper
to one part of zinc. It
sometimes
contains
tin, and
rarely
other
metals..
Zinced
::
Zinced
() of Zin.
Smithsonite
::
Smithsonite
(n.)
Native
zinc
carbonate.
It
generally
occurs
in
stalactitic,
reniform,
or
botryoidal
shapes,
of a white to gray,
green,
or brown
color.
See Note under
Calamine..
Pile
::
Pile (n.) A
vertical
series
of
alternate
disks of two
dissimilar
metals,
as
copper
and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper
moistened
with acid water
between
them, for
producing
a
current
of
electricity;
--
commonly
called
Volta's
pile,
voltaic
pile, or
galvanic
pile..
Mannheim Gold
::
Mannheim
gold () A kind of brass made in
imitation
of gold. It
contains
eighty
per cent of
copper
and
twenty
of zinc.
Hopeite
::
Hopeite
(n.) A
hydrous
phosphate
of zinc in
transparent
prismatic
crystals.
Zincography
::
Zincography
(n.) The art or
process
of
engraving
or
etching
on zinc, in which the
design
is left in
relief
in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the
ground
being eaten away by
acid..
Zinc
::
Zinc (n.) An
abundant
element
of the
magnesium-cadmium
group,
extracted
principally
from the
minerals
zinc
blende,
smithsonite,
calamine,
and
franklinite,
as an
easily
fusible
bluish
white
metal,
which is
malleable,
especially
when
heated.
It is not
easily
oxidized
in moist air, and hence is used for
sheeting,
coating
galvanized
iron, etc. It is used in
making
brass,
britannia,
and other
alloys,
and is also
largely
consumed
in
electric
batteries.
Symbol
Zn.
Atomic
weight
64.9..
Jeffersonite
::
Jeffersonite
(n.) A
variety
of
pyroxene
of
olive-green
color
passing
into
brown.
It
contains
zinc.
Calcimine
::
Calcimine
(n.) A white or
colored
wash for the
ceiling
or other
plastering
of a room,
consisting
of a
mixture
of clear glue, Paris white or zinc
white,
and
water..
Zincographer
::
Zincographer
(n.) An
engraver
on zinc.
Alloy
::
Alloy (v. t.) Any
combination
or
compound
of
metals
fused
together;
a
mixture
of
metals;
for
example,
brass,
which is an alloy of
copper
and zinc. But when
mercury
is one of the
metals,
the
compound
is
called
an
amalgam..
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