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Shouldn't Zinc be in Category:Biology and pharmacology of chemical elements ?

Shouldn't Zinc be in Category:Biology and pharmacology of chemical elements ? Eldin raigmore (talk) 20:38, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In popular culture

Ahoy there. Bedevilled as my humanities topics are when someone observes that this or that historical incident was referred to in a B movie, and then clutters a good article up with dross, I thought I'd mention "In Popular Culture" here first. The Simpson's "Come Back Zinc" comes to mind immediately on seeing the article, but the least amount of research indicates: http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2008/10/zincists.html is a far more interesting thread to follow up, why Zinc is seen as an example "boring" element. Fifelfoo (talk) 02:50, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Similarity between zinc and magnesium

Is there any source for this from the opening paragraph: "Zinc is chemically similar to magnesium"? 217.44.213.34 (talk) 09:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the main article, I quote: "in circumstances where ionic radius is a determining factor zinc and magnesium chemistries have much in common.", however, in the opening paragraph, "Zinc is chemically similar to magnesium" does not include the part about their chemistries being similar only when the ionic radius is a determining factor. For example, the alkali metals have similar chemical properties even though their ionic radii are totally different! I propose to change the lead to make it clear. 217.44.213.34 (talk) 11:36, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alloys or accidental inclusions

"Brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc, has been used since at least the 10th century BC. " Zinc, like bismuth, lead and antimony, occurs as a contaminant in bronze, but not as a conscious alloy until the first century BCE. This statement is unusual: it needs a reference and should be associated with a place. I'd have tagged it ^{[citation needed]} if I were that type.--Wetman (talk) 09:30, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The cited sentence is in the lead and thus does not reference there. It is expanded with the body with a reference. The rest from your message I honestly do not understand. Could you give a hint ? Materialscientist (talk) 09:38, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zinc is a first row transition-metal?

Zinc is not tecnicly a transition metal because it forms ions with a compleat d-shell of electrons. This makes the opening of the asrtical missleading.