Discovery

•Zinc was discovered by Andreas Marggraf at 1746 in Germany. Origin of name: from the German word "zink".

Zn “Zinc”Demetrius Leary

Atomic symbol

•Symbol: Zn•Atomic number: 30•Atomic weight: 65.38 (2) 

Protons, neutrons, electrons

•Protons –30 •Neutrons-35 •Electrons- 30 

Metal

•Zinc is a “transition metal” As with all metals, the transition elements are both ductile and malleable, and conduct electricity and heat.

Solid, liquid, gas

•Zinc is a solid at room temperature

group

•Group in periodic table: 12•Group name: (none)•Period in periodic table: 4•Block in periodic table: d-block

Isotopes

•Zinc isotopes are used extensively in both industrial and medical applications. It also reduces the release of (stable) Co-59 into the cooling water by forming a thin spinel layer on the Co containing steel surfaces.

Electron configuration

•Electron Configuration: 1s2, 2s22p6, 3s23p6, 4s23d10

Ionization energy

• Ionization energy number /906.4

Transition metal

• Zinc cannot form an ion with an incomplete d sub–shell and is therefore not a true transition element. Zinc's chemistry is determined solely by the formation of compounds in its +2 oxidation state, but it does form many complexes, though not as many as other transition metals.

Atomic radius

•Atomic Radius: 133 pm

•Zinc, Electronegativity: 1.65

Zinc Facts

•The Element Zinc is defined as a bluish-white, lustrous metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but malleable with heating. 

•Zinc is the fourth most common metal in use.