Zinc

Joël Brugger

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39312-4_212

Zinc

Joël Brugger

School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

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Zinc (atomic number 30) is the 22nd most abundant element in the solar system (312 ppm; 70 ppm in the Earth’s crust). Zinc can behave both as a lithophile or as a chalcophile element and occurs in the divalent oxidation state in Nature. Zinc is the fourth most commonly used metal, following iron, aluminum, and copper. All economic Zn ore deposits share a hydrothermal origin, with sphalerite (ZnS) as the most common Zn mineral. Zinc(II) chloride complexes are responsible for Zn transport in most crustal fluids, with Zn bisulfide complexes possibly becoming important at high temperatures. “Nonsulfide Zn deposits” (containing Zn carbonates or silicates minerals) account for less than 10% of Zn production. Zinc plays an important role as an essential trace metal in all organisms from bacteria to humans. Consequently, the metal has low toxicity compared to other elements such as Cd, Hg, and Pb, and Zn shortage in soils around the world is an important problem.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Geochemistry
Subtitle of host publication	A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth
Editors	William M White, William H Casey, Bernard Marty, Hisayoshi Yurimoto
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1521-1524
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319393124, 9783319393131
ISBN (Print)	9783319393117
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39312-4_212
Publication status	Published - 18 Jul 2018

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Name	Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
ISSN (Print)	1388-4360
ISSN (Electronic)	1871-756X

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Zinc. / Brugger, Joël.
Encyclopedia of Geochemistry: A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth. ed. / William M White; William H Casey; Bernard Marty; Hisayoshi Yurimoto. Cham Switzerland: Springer, 2018. p. 1521-1524 (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series).

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