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Noun: Zn
  1. 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
    - zinc, atomic number 30

Type of: metal, metallic element

Part of: zinc selenite

Encyclopedia: Zn