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| Zinc
is a metal in group II B of the periodic table with atomic number 30, an
atomic weight of 65.37, and a density of 7.14 Mg/m3. It has
a melting temperature of 419.5 C.
The electronic configuration of zinc is: (Ar)(3d)10(4s)2, and it has an atomic radius of 0.138 nm. At
room temperature the metal has the hexagonal close packed crystal structure.
The lattice parameters are:
Zinc has a Young's modulus of 70 GPa, a yield stress of 160 MPa, an UTS of 200 MPa, and a fracture strain of 0.9. |
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| From: Newey and Weaver, "Materials Principles and Practice," Butterworth (1990) | ||||||||||