zinc
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Sublime Sand’s two- to four-bedroom villas are scattered through the forest and made of wood, glass and zinc, to blend into the landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
She said some designers are now innovating fabrics with zinc oxide to make the material feel cooler to the touch.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
"Parisian zincs are the ideal theater of the comedy of man," observes the weekly L'Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Always take the zincs out of the solution when not in use and the batteries will last longer.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
The zincs stand with lower ends resting in mercury in the troughs of the grid.
When these zincs are in place the soil is kept dark.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
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