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[[Bress]], an [[alloy]] o [[capper]] an zinc in various proportions, wis uised as early as the third millennium BC in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], [[Iraq]], the [[Unitit Arab Emirates]], [[Kalmykia]], [[Turkmenistan]] an [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], an the seicont millennium BC in [[West India]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Iran]], [[Sirie]], Iraq, an [[Israel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.safarmer.com/Indo-Eurasian/Brass2007.pdf|title=Of brass and bronze in prehistoric Southwest Asia|last=Thornton|first=C. P.|date=2007|website=Papers and Lectures Online|publisher=Archetype Publications|isbn=1-904982-19-0}}</ref> ([[Judea]]<ref name="Greenwood1997p1201">{{harvnb|Greenwood|1997|p=1201}}</ref>).<ref name=jas5>{{cite journal|last=Craddock|first=Paul T.|date=1978|title=The composition of copper alloys used by the Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations. The origins and early use of brass|journal=Journal of Archaeological Science|volume=5|issue=1|pages=1–16|doi=10.1016/0305-4403(78)90015-8}}</ref> Zinc [[metal]] wis nae produced on a lairge scale until the 12t century in India an wis unkent tae Europe until the end o the 16t century. The mines o [[Rajasthan]] hae gien definite evidence o zinc production going back tae the 6t century BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_es/t_es_agraw_zinc_frameset.htm |title=India Was the First to Smelt Zinc by Distillation Process |publisher=Infinityfoundation.com |accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref> Tae date, the auldest evidence o pure zinc comes frae Zawar, in Rajasthan, as early as the 9t century AD when a distillation process wis employed tae mak pure zinc.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kharakwal, J. S. |author2=Gurjar, L. K. |last-author-amp=yes |url=http://www.ancient-asia-journal.com/article/view/aa.06112/23 |title=Zinc and Brass in Archaeological Perspective |journal=Ancient Asia |date=December 1, 2006 |volume=1 |pages=139–159 |doi=10.5334/aa.06112 |access-date=2017-05-12 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003250/http://www.ancient-asia-journal.com/article/view/aa.06112/23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[alchemy|Alchemists]] burned zinc in air tae form what thay cried "[[philosopher's wool]]" or "white snow". |
[[Bress]], an [[alloy]] o [[capper]] an zinc in various proportions, wis uised as early as the third millennium BC in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], [[Iraq]], the [[Unitit Arab Emirates]], [[Kalmykia]], [[Turkmenistan]] an [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], an the seicont millennium BC in [[West India]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Iran]], [[Sirie]], Iraq, an [[Israel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.safarmer.com/Indo-Eurasian/Brass2007.pdf|title=Of brass and bronze in prehistoric Southwest Asia|last=Thornton|first=C. P.|date=2007|website=Papers and Lectures Online|publisher=Archetype Publications|isbn=1-904982-19-0}}</ref> ([[Judea]]<ref name="Greenwood1997p1201">{{harvnb|Greenwood|1997|p=1201}}</ref>).<ref name=jas5>{{cite journal|last=Craddock|first=Paul T.|date=1978|title=The composition of copper alloys used by the Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations. The origins and early use of brass|journal=Journal of Archaeological Science|volume=5|issue=1|pages=1–16|doi=10.1016/0305-4403(78)90015-8}}</ref> Zinc [[metal]] wis nae produced on a lairge scale until the 12t century in India an wis unkent tae Europe until the end o the 16t century. The mines o [[Rajasthan]] hae gien definite evidence o zinc production going back tae the 6t century BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_es/t_es_agraw_zinc_frameset.htm |title=India Was the First to Smelt Zinc by Distillation Process |publisher=Infinityfoundation.com |accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref> Tae date, the auldest evidence o pure zinc comes frae Zawar, in Rajasthan, as early as the 9t century AD when a distillation process wis employed tae mak pure zinc.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kharakwal, J. S. |author2=Gurjar, L. K. |last-author-amp=yes |url=http://www.ancient-asia-journal.com/article/view/aa.06112/23 |title=Zinc and Brass in Archaeological Perspective |journal=Ancient Asia |date=December 1, 2006 |volume=1 |pages=139–159 |doi=10.5334/aa.06112 |access-date=2017-05-12 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003250/http://www.ancient-asia-journal.com/article/view/aa.06112/23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[alchemy|Alchemists]] burned zinc in air tae form what thay cried "[[philosopher's wool]]" or "white snow". |
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The element wis probably named bi the alchemist [[Paracelsus]] efter the German wird ''Zinke'' (prong, tuith). German chemist [[Andreas Sigismund Marggraf]] is credited wi discovering pure metallic zinc in 1746. Wirk bi [[Luigi Galvani]] an [[Alessandro Volta]] uncovered the electrochemical properties o zinc bi 1800. [[Corrosion]]-reseestant [[galvanization|zinc plating]] o iron ([[het-dip galvanisin]]) is the major application for zinc. Ither applications are in electrical [[Zinc–carbon battery|batteries]], smaw non-structural castins, an alloys sic as [[bress]]. A variety o zinc compoonds are commonly uised, sic as [[zinc carbonate]] an [[zinc gluconate]] (as dietary supplements), [[zinc chloride]] (in deodorants), [[zinc pyrithione]] (anti-[[ |
The element wis probably named bi the alchemist [[Paracelsus]] efter the German wird ''Zinke'' (prong, tuith). German chemist [[Andreas Sigismund Marggraf]] is credited wi discovering pure metallic zinc in 1746. Wirk bi [[Luigi Galvani]] an [[Alessandro Volta]] uncovered the electrochemical properties o zinc bi 1800. [[Corrosion]]-reseestant [[galvanization|zinc plating]] o iron ([[het-dip galvanisin]]) is the major application for zinc. Ither applications are in electrical [[Zinc–carbon battery|batteries]], smaw non-structural castins, an alloys sic as [[bress]]. A variety o zinc compoonds are commonly uised, sic as [[zinc carbonate]] an [[zinc gluconate]] (as dietary supplements), [[zinc chloride]] (in deodorants), [[zinc pyrithione]] (anti-[[dandruff]] shampoos), [[zinc sulfide]] (in luminescent paints), an zinc methyl or [[zinc diethyl]] in the organic laboratory. |
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Zinc is an [[micronutrient|essential meeneral]] perceived bi the public the day as bein o "exceptional biologic and public health importance", especially regarding prenatal an postnatal development.<ref name=Hambridge2007>{{Cite journal|author=Hambidge, K. M.|author2=Krebs, N. F.|last-author-amp=yes|title=Zinc deficiency: a special challenge|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-nutrition_2007-04_137_4/page/1101|journal=J. Nutr.|volume=137|date=2007|pmid=17374687|issue=4|pages=1101–5}}</ref> [[Zinc deficiency]] affects aboot twa billion fowk in the developin warld an is associated wi mony diseases.<ref name=Prasad2003>{{cite journal|last=Prasad|first =A. S.|title=Zinc deficiency : Has been known of for 40 years but ignored by global health organisations|journal=[[British Medical Journal]]|volume=326|date=2003|pmid=12595353|pmc=1125304|doi=10.1136/bmj.326.7386.409|issue=7386|pages=409–10}}</ref> In childer, deficiency causes growthe retardation, delayed sexual maturation, infection susceptibility, an [[diarrhea]].<ref name=Hambridge2007/> [[Enzyme]]s wi a zinc atom in the [[prosthetic groups|reactive centre]] are widespread in biochemistry, sic as [[alcohol dehydrogenase]] in humans.<ref>{{cite book |
Zinc is an [[micronutrient|essential meeneral]] perceived bi the public the day as bein o "exceptional biologic and public health importance", especially regarding prenatal an postnatal development.<ref name=Hambridge2007>{{Cite journal|author=Hambidge, K. M.|author2=Krebs, N. F.|last-author-amp=yes|title=Zinc deficiency: a special challenge|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-nutrition_2007-04_137_4/page/1101|journal=J. Nutr.|volume=137|date=2007|pmid=17374687|issue=4|pages=1101–5}}</ref> [[Zinc deficiency]] affects aboot twa billion fowk in the developin warld an is associated wi mony diseases.<ref name=Prasad2003>{{cite journal|last=Prasad|first =A. S.|title=Zinc deficiency : Has been known of for 40 years but ignored by global health organisations|journal=[[British Medical Journal]]|volume=326|date=2003|pmid=12595353|pmc=1125304|doi=10.1136/bmj.326.7386.409|issue=7386|pages=409–10}}</ref> In childer, deficiency causes growthe retardation, delayed sexual maturation, infection susceptibility, an [[diarrhea]].<ref name=Hambridge2007/> [[Enzyme]]s wi a zinc atom in the [[prosthetic groups|reactive centre]] are widespread in biochemistry, sic as [[alcohol dehydrogenase]] in humans.<ref>{{cite book |
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