zinc
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She wrote in her report that “heavy metals, notably lead, zinc, copper, chromium, arsenic, and antimony, were detected above laboratory reporting limits.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
As the miner sells its aluminum business, it is putting copper and zinc at the heart of growth plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Indium is a byproduct of zinc smelting, so how much gets recovered depends on zinc economics, not on laser demand.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
It involves inserting electrodes made of materials such as zinc and copper into substances that contain moisture or ions, and then collecting the small but steady electrical currents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The roofless room Father had built for water storage was open, its zinc sheet cover lying on the ground and the ladder thrown near it.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
Even the best zincs will not provide full protection if they're not installed correctly and replaced in a timely fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Parisian zincs are the ideal theater of the comedy of man," observes the weekly L'Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
This sets up a "short circuit," and the zincs are consumed whether the battery is in action or not.
From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by S. R. Bottone
Commercial zincs, for use in voltaic cells as now manufactured, Page 98 usually have about 4 per cent of mercury added to the molten zinc before casting into the form of plates or rods.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller
What is the exact composition of the curdy mass which forms around and especially underneath the zincs of newly mounted and old gravity batteries.
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