GENERAL PROPERTIES |
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| CHEMICAL SYMBOL |
Zn |
|
ATOMIC WEIGHT |
65.38 |
|
SPECIFIC GRAVITY |
7.14 |
|
MELTING POINT |
419.4 °C |
|
BOILING POINT |
907 °C |
| *Chemical Engineers’ Handbook R.H. Perry Ed. 1973 | |
A shiny white ductile and malleable metal, able to be alloyed, specially with aluminum, lead, cadmium, copper and magnesium.
SHAPE, SIZE AND PACKAGING:
- Slabs weighing approximately 25 Kgs. (55 lbs.) 40 slabs strapped with galvanized steel bands in bundles weighing approximately 1,000 Kgs. (2,205 lbs.)
- Jumbo blocks weighing approximately 1,100 Kgs. (2,400 lbs.)
- In strip jumbo blocks weighing approximately 1,100 Kgs. (2,400 lbs.)
- In super jumbo weighing approximately 3,000 Kgs. (6,600 lbs.)
SPECIAL HIGH |
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TYPICAL ANALYSIS: |
(%) |
GRADE (S.H.G.) |
HIGH GRADE (H.G.) |
PRIME WESTERN (P.W.) |
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Zinc |
min. |
99.995 |
99.9 |
98.5 |
|
Lead |
max. |
0.0027 |
0.03 |
0.7 - 1.20 |
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Iron |
max. |
0.002 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
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Cadmium |
max. |
0.0005 |
0.02 |
0.2 |
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Aluminum |
max. |
0.001 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
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Copper |
max. |
0.0007 |
0.2 |
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Tin |
max. |
0.0002 |
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Non Zinc |
max. |
0.01 |
0.1 |
2 |
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