zinc
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"If zinc oxide can be made to look better on more skin tones without sacrificing protection, it could help more people protect themselves from the sun's most dangerous effects."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The team engineered zinc oxide into microscopic four-armed structures known as tetrapods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Its advanced chromatographic separation process is designed to recover critical minerals from several streams: mixed rare-earth carbonate, recycled magnets, mine tailings, industrial residues, zinc byproducts, electronic scrap and other secondary materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It also expedited loans for a South Korean-backed zinc smelter in Tennessee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Well, you should look sometime. I think you’d be surprised. So is that the zinc factory then?”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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"Parisian zincs are the ideal theater of the comedy of man," observes the weekly L'Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Moreover, with zincs amalgamated in a special manner, the attack is imperceptible, and the work in open circuit need scarcely to be taken into consideration.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various
Upon stopping the jack at certain properly selected positions of the rod, MD, the zincs may, at will, be kept immersed in the liquids, or vice versa.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
The platina is shorter than the zincs, to prevent its reaching the quicksilver in the bottom of the cell; and the wax balls on its sides are to insulate it from the zinc plates.
From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel