This will be a fairly dry post as it will be me reciting and summarising what i remember and found significant about ZINC.
Zinc is a fairly widespread metal it is used in a lot of things due to it's low cost. It also has quite a few properties that make it desirable...
1] relatively soft metal, which means it is able to be die cast to very fine details.
2] it does not corrode as easily as iron or steel which means that is it used as corrosion protection.
3] it has a relatively low melting point, which means that it does not need vast amounts of energy to melt it down. This also makes it more 'environmentally friendly' as not poisonous gases are released.
4]Can be found in Sheet, pipe, wire form and therefore able to be manipulated just like every other sheet metal.
What is zinc mainly used for?
GALVANISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what else is it used for?
EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but tin cans as the fruit acid eats at the metal... not good.
So to sum up zinc.
Zinc is mainly used for galvanising, with low meting point and relatively soft metal it allows for low cost manufacturing of anything.
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