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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

  • الزنك

    Arabic

  • Цинк

    Bulgarian

  • cink

    Croatian

  • zinek

    Czech

  • Danish

  • Dutch

  • tsink

    Estonian

  • Finnish

  • French

  • German

  • ψευδάργυρος

    Greek

  • Hungarian

  • Italian

  • Latvian

  • cinkas

    Lithuanian

  • Norwegian

  • Polish

  • Portuguese

  • zinc

    Romanian

  • Slovak

  • cink

    Slovenian

  • Spanish

  • zink

    Swedish

URI

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

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