Zinc Oxide Definition

Zinc Oxide Sentence Examples

• Simultaneously Hermann, a German chemical manufacturer, discovered the new metal in a specimen of zinc oxide which had been thought to contain arsenic, since it gave a yellow precipitate, in acid solution, on the addition of sulphuretted hydrogen.

• This is drawn off, cooled and filtered, and forms a white paint of good body, consisting of about 65% lead sulphate, 26% lead oxide, 6% zinc oxide and 3% other substances.

• The distillation of 1000 lb charge lasts 5-6 hours, requires 500-600 lb coke or 30 gallons reduced oil, and yields about to% metallic zinc and I% blue powder - a mixture of finely-divided metallic zinc and zinc oxide.

• The magnetic concentrates contain enough zinc to be well adapted to the manufacture of zinc oxide.

• Zinc may be quantitatively estimated by precipitating as basic carbonate, which is dried and ignited to zinc oxide.