Zinc

(noun.) a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende.

(verb.) coat or cover with zinc.

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• He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But if carbon and zinc are used, a current is again produced, the zinc dissolving away as before, and bubbles collecting on the carbon plate. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• To make this incubator get your tinner to make you a tank 15 inches wide, 30 inches long, and 12 inches deep, of galvanized iron or zinc, the iron being preferable. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Take a vial about two-thirds full of muriatic acid and put into it little bits of sheet zinc as long as the acid will dissolve them. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The metal underlying the silver plate of the best plated teaspoons is of nickel silver, a trade name for a metal composed of nickel, copper and zinc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When the cell consists of copper, zinc, and dilute sulphuric acid, the electromotive force has a definite value which is always the same no matter what the size or shape of the cell. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The hydrogen formed by the chemical action of the dilute sulphuric acid on the zinc moves toward the copper electrode, as in the simple voltaic cell. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It is safe to say that electricity would never have been used on a large scale if some less expensive and more convenient source than zinc had not been found. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• As soon as the plates are immersed in the acid solution, minute bubbles of gas rise from the zinc strip and it begins to waste away slowly. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He prepares a polished metal plate, generally zinc, with an extremely thin coating of film or fatty milk, which dries upon and adheres to the plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A porous tube, _b_, holds a rod of amalgamated zinc, to the top of which a binding-screw is soldered. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The simplest illustration of electro-metallic deposition is obtained by immersing a silver spoon and a strip of zinc into a solution of sulphate of copper. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• In these were found large quantities of iron, considerable percentages of nickel, as well as cobalt, copper, silicon, phosphorus, c arbon, magnesium, zinc, and manganese. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The pans should be made of stout zinc one-half inch deep on the inside, with a lid or cover. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• In India, where zinc and copper ore occur together, brass (which is an alloy of the two metals) was similarly hit upon. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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