Zn - Zinc

Usually a grey colored transition metal, zinc was known in ancient Asia and early Europe. It can be easilly alloyed with copper and other metals and so has found wide metalurgical use. Lately zinc gluconate has become popular as a cold remedy. 

Atomic number - 30 Density g/mL 7 .14
Atomic weight u 65 .38 Melting point K 692 .73
Bonding radius A 1 .25 Boiling point K 1180
Atomic radius A 1 .53 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 115 .3
Ionization Potential V 9 .394 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 7 .322
Electronegativity - 1 .65 Specific heat J/gK 0 .39
The oxide is amphoteric.
Crystal are hexagonal.

Electron config. : [Ar] 3d10 4s2


Isotopes of Zn: Click mass number for decay process, product for element page.


057
40 msec
EC/ECp,14.620
Cu-57/Ni-56
56.964905
058
65 msec
EC,9.370 MeV
Cu-58
57.954599
059
182.0 msec
EC/ECp,9.090
Cu-59/Ni-58
58.949264
060
2.38 min
EC,4.158 MeV
Cu-60
59.941832
061
89.1 sec
EC,5.637 MeV
Cu-61
60.939513
062
9.186 hr
EC,1.627 MeV
Cu-62
61.934333
063
38.47 min
EC,3.367 MeV
Cu-63
62.933215
064 48.6%

Stable

63.929146
065
244.26 da
EC,1.351 MeV
Cu-65
64.929244
066 27.9%

Stable

65.926036
067 4.1%

Stable

66.927130
068 18.8%

Stable

67.924847
069
56.4 min
B-,2.675 MeV
Ga-69
68.926553
070 0.6%
5E+14 yr
,6.739 MeV

69.925324
071
2.45 min
B-,2.813 MeV
Ga-71
70.927726
072
46.5 hr
B-,8.220 MeV
Ga-72
71.926863
073
23.5 sec
B-,4.290 MeV
Ga-73
72.929779
074
95.6 sec
B-,2.340 MeV
Ga-74
73.929457
075
10.2 sec
B-,6.000 MeV
Ga-75
74.932935
076
5.7 sec
B-,4.160 MeV
Ga-76
75.933397
077
2.08 sec
B-,7.270 MeV
Ga-77
76.937090
078
1.47 sec
B-,6.440 MeV
Ga-78
77.938571
079
0.995 sec
B-/B-n,9.090
Ga-79/Ga-78
78.942672
080
0.545 sec
B-/B-n,7.290
Ga-80/Ga-79
79.944411
081
0.29 sec
B-/B-n,11.900
Ga-81/Ga-80
80.950509
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