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Zinc oxide is widely used as a white pigment in paints and as a catalyst in the manufacture of rubber to disperse heat. Zinc oxide is used to protect rubber polymers and plastics from ultraviolet radiation (UV). [127] The semiconductor properties of zinc oxide make it useful in varistors and photocopying products. [146]
Chemical coloring of metals is the process of changing the color of metal surfaces with different chemical solutions. The chemical coloring of metals can be split into three types: electroplating – coating the metal surface with another metal using electrolysis. patination – chemically reacting the metal surface to form a colored oxide or ...
Zinc white is an inorganic pigment composed of zinc oxide that has been used by painters since the late eighteenth century. [1] Alongside lead and titanium white , it is among the three most prominent white pigments that are commercially available today. [ 1 ]
Compounds with zinc in the oxidation state +1 are extremely rare. [5] The compounds have the formula RZn 2 R and they contain a Zn — Zn bond analogous to the metal-metal bond in mercury(I) ion, Hg 2 2+. In this respect zinc is similar to magnesium where low-valent compounds containing a Mg — Mg bond have been characterised. [6]
Pewter (/ ˈ p juː t ər /) is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver. [1] In the past, it was an alloy of tin and lead , but most modern pewter, in order to prevent lead poisoning , is not made with lead.
Soil layers, from soil down to bedrock: A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less-weathered regolith; below C is bedrock Tropical weathering (laterization) is a prolonged process of chemical weathering which produces a wide variety in the thickness, grade, chemistry and ore mineralogy of the resulting ...
Zincite is the mineral form of zinc oxide (Zn O). Its crystal form is rare in nature; a notable exception to this is at the Franklin and Sterling Hill Mines in New Jersey, an area also famed for its many fluorescent minerals. It has a hexagonal crystal structure and a color that depends
Electrochemical coloring of metals is a process in which the surface color of metal is changed by electrochemical techniques, i.e. cathodic or anodic polarization. The first method of electrochemical coloring of metals are certainly Nobili's colored rings, discovered by Leopoldo Nobili , an Italian physicist in 1826.