Zinc

       

 

GENERAL PROPERTIES

CHEMICAL SYMBOL

Zn

ATOMIC WEIGHT

65.38

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

7.14

MELTING POINT

419.4 °C

BOILING POINT

907 °C

*Chemical Engineers’ Handbook R.H. Perry Ed. 1973

 

A shiny white ductile and malleable metal, able to be alloyed, specially with aluminum, lead, cadmium, copper and magnesium.

SHAPE, SIZE AND PACKAGING:

  • Slabs weighing approximately 25 Kgs. (55 lbs.) 40 slabs strapped with galvanized steel bands in bundles weighing approximately 1,000 Kgs. (2,205 lbs.)
  • Jumbo blocks weighing approximately 1,100 Kgs. (2,400 lbs.)
  • In strip jumbo blocks weighing approximately 1,100 Kgs. (2,400 lbs.)
  • In super jumbo weighing approximately 3,000 Kgs. (6,600 lbs.)

 

SPECIAL HIGH
TYPICAL ANALYSIS:
       
(%)
GRADE (S.H.G.)
HIGH GRADE (H.G.)
PRIME WESTERN (P.W.)

Zinc

min.

99.995

99.9

98.5

Lead

max.

0.0027 

0.03

0.7 - 1.20

Iron

max.

0.002

0.02

0.04

Cadmium

max. 

0.0005

0.02

0.2

Aluminum

max.

0.001

0.01

0.01

Copper

max.

0.0007

0.2

 

Tin

max.

0.0002

   

Non Zinc

max. 

0.01

0.1

2

 

ASTM B6 87 SPECIFICATION IS GUARANTEED BY MET-MEX

 

CONTINUOUS GALVANIZING GRADE & MASTER ALLOYS Specifications according to the customer’s needs.

SPECIAL ALLOYS Met-Mex Peñoles produces special alloys according to the specifications and presentation required by customers.

USES:
    Anticorrosive coating
    Sun protection cream
Paints
Sulfates
Die castings
Brass
             
Batteries
Vulcanization
Plants’ micronutrient