Zinc smelting

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• Zinc smelting — is the process of converting zinc concentrates (ores that contain zinc) into pure zinc. The most common zinc concentrate processed is zinc sulfide,Citation | title = Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors | publisher = U.S. Environmental… …   Wikipedia

• Zinc oxide — Other names Zinc white Calamine Identifiers …   Wikipedia

• Zinc refining — is the process of purifying zinc to at least 99.995% pure (SHG zinc). This process isn t usually required when smelting zinc through electrolysis processes, but is needed when zinc is produced by pyrometallurgical processes, because it is only 98 …   Wikipedia

• Zinc — This article is about the metallic element. For other uses, see Zinc (disambiguation). copper ← zinc → gallium ↑ Zn ↓ Cd …   Wikipedia

• Smelting — For other uses, see Smelt (disambiguation). Electric phosphate smelting furnace in a TVA chemical plant (1942) Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from …   Wikipedia

• ZINC — Le zinc (symbole Zn, numéro atomique 30) est un élément chimique métallique blanc bleuâtre appartenant au sous groupe II b de la classification périodique. Quoiqu’il soit de grande consommation et que ses applications se rencontrent dans la vie… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• zinc — [ziŋk] n. [Ger zink, zinc, orig., prong, point: first used by PARACELSUS Philippus Aureolus ( c. 1526): from the form of the crystals on smelting; akin to OHG zint, a point, jag < Gmc * tindja > TINE] a bluish white, metallic chemical… …   English World dictionary

• zinc — (n.) 1650s, from Ger. Zink, perhaps related to Zinke prong, point; said to have been used first by Paracelsus (c.1526) on analogy of the form of its crystals after smelting. Zinke is from O.H.G. zint a point, jag, from P.Gmc. *tindja tine (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• zinc processing — Introduction       preparation of the ore for use in various products.       Zinc (Zn) is a metallic element of hexagonal close packed (hcp) crystal structure and a density of 7.13 grams per cubic centimetre. It has only moderate hardness and can …   Universalium

• zinc — zincky, zincy, zinky, adj. zincoid, adj. /zingk/, n., v., zincked or zinced /zingkt/, zincking or zincing /zing king/. n. 1. Chem. a ductile, bluish white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an… …   Universalium

• zinc group element — ▪ chemistry Introduction  any of the three metals that comprise Group 12 (IIb) of the periodic table of elements namely, zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg). (See Figure >.) They have properties in common, but they also differ in… …   Universalium