Zinc Element in Periodic Table | Atomic Number Atomic Mass

Zinc Element:

Zinc is a chemical element and it is a member of group 12 and period 4 in the periodic table. The atomic number of zinc is 30 and it is indicated by symbol Zn. Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous, diamagnetic metal. Zn is the 24^th most abundant element in Earth’s crust and has five stable isotopes. Zn is chemically similar to magnesium.  ⁶⁴Zn is the most abundant isotope and ⁶⁶Zn, ⁶⁷Zn and ^68Zn are the other isotopes found in nature.

Uses of Zinc Element:

• Zn is used in alloys such as brass, nickel, silver and aluminium solder.
• Zinc is used to galvanise other metals such as iron to prevent rusting.
• Zinc oxide is also used in the manufacture of products such as paints, rubber cosmetics, plastics, soaps, inks, textiles, batteries, pharmaceuticals and electrical equipment.
• Zinc sulphide is used in making luminous paints, x-ray screens and fluorescent lights.

Zinc Element Information:

Discovery year: before 1000 BCE

Discovered by:Indian metallurgists

Atomic number: 30

Relative atomic mass: 65.38  

Electron configuration: [Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s²

Block: d-block

Other elements in the same block:

Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Lanthanum,  Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Actinium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium and  Copernicium are the elements in the same block.

Period : period 4

Other elements in the same period:

Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Gallium, Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Bromine and Krypton.

Group: group 12

Other elements in the same group:

Cadmium, Mercury and Copernicium are the same group elements.

Other elements in the same orbital:

Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel and Copper are the elements in the same orbital.

Allotropes: none

Key isotopes: ⁶⁴Zn 

Melting point: 419.527°C, 787.149°F, 692.677 K 

Boiling point: 907°C, 1665°F, 1180 K 

Element category: post-transition metal

Density (g cm⁻³): 7.134 

CAS number: 7440-66-6 

Color: silver-gray

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