zinc
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The same bill authorizes the Mint to make the nickel out of cheaper stuff, an inner layer of zinc wrapped in nickel, subject to testing that it actually lowers the cost.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
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
Nothing familiar, not a traffic clog of yellow rusted buses or a water-logged slum of zinc shacks.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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 is, perhaps, the best mode of amalgamating cast zincs.
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
Is there any real advantage in amalgamating the zincs of the above batteries?
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