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Preferred term

zinc

Definition

  • [GEMET] A brittle bluish-white metallic element that becomes coated with a corrosion-resistant layer in moist air and occurs chiefly in sphalerite and smithsonite. It is a constituent of several alloys, especially brass and nickel-silver, and is used in die-casting, galvanizing metals, and in battery electrodes.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Zn

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • الزنك

Bulgarian

  • Цинк

Croatian

  • cink

Czech

  • zinek

Danish

  • zink

Dutch

  • zink

Estonian

  • tsink

Finnish

  • sinkki

French

  • zinc

German

  • Zink

Greek

  • ψευδάργυρος

Hungarian

  • cink

Italian

  • zinco

Latvian

  • cinks

Lithuanian

  • cinkas

Norwegian

  • sink

Polish

  • cynk

Portuguese

  • zinco

Romanian

  • zinc

Slovak

  • zinok

Slovenian

  • cink

Spanish

  • zinc

Swedish

  • zink

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20874

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