Question

What are some properties of zinc?

Answer 1

It is found in form of granules
It is basic in nature
It has high melting point
It is a metal

Answer 2

Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous, diamagnetic metal,though most common commercial grades of the metal have a dull finish.It is somewhat less dense than iron and has a hexagonal crystal structure, with a distorted form of hexagonal close packing, in which each atom has six nearest neighbors (at 265.9 pm) in its own plane and six others at a greater distance of 290.6 pm. The metal is hard and brittle at most temperatures but becomes malleable between 100 and 150 °C.Above 210 °C, the metal becomes brittle again and can be pulverized by beating.Zinc is a fair conductor of electricity. For a metal, zinc has relatively low melting (419.5 °C) and boiling points (907 °C).