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write the common users of zinc in are daily life​

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USES OF ZINC IN OUR DAILY LIFE;

Zinc is found everywhere in our daily life: in the Earth, in Food and in products we use like Cosmetics, airplanes ,automobiles.

In Industrial areas Zinc is used most. It is used

In Paints/Coatings: Zinc Dust Coating is an excellent method to protect metal from rust. It forms a layer on metal surface and protect it from rust.

In Chemical Industry: Zinc Dust also play an important role to form various chemicals and in manufacturing drugs.

In Hydro Metallurgical/ Mining Applications: Zinc is also used as a type of precipitant for purifying various solutions.

In Petroleum and lubrication Industry: Zinc powder can be useful as a type of catalyst for producing benzene and gasoline. You can add it to the sealers, thread compounds and anti-seize elements.

(Other uses for zinc oxide include);

  • Rubber manufacture
  • Ceramic industry
  • Medicine
  • Cigarette filters
  • Food additive
  • Pigment
  • Coatings
  • Corrosion prevention in nuclear reactors
  • Methane reforming

As for plain old zinc, indicates the following uses:

  • Galvanizing (55% of zinc use in the US)
  • Allows (21% of zinc use in the US)
  • Brass and bronze (16% of zinc use in the US)

Zinc also has a biological role:

Zinc is an essential trace element for humans and other animals, for plants and for microorganisms.

Zinc is found in nearly 100 specific enzymes (other sources say 300), serves as structural ions in transcription factors and is stored and transferred in metallothioneins

It is "typically the second most abundant transition metal in organisms" after iron and it is the only metal which appears in all enzyme classes.

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