Zinc
has been known since ancient times.
Further Details:
Zinc was discovered by the chemist Andreas Marggraf in 1746. It was isolated two years earlier by Anton von Swab.
http://www.periodic-table.org.uk/element-zinc.htm
No one really knows who discovered zinc. We not likely to ever find out who discovered zinc because it was discovered before people kept written records. Look here for more information: http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele030.html
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zinc was discovered by Andreas Marggraf in (about) the year 400 B.C.
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Chemistry question: How and where was zinc discovered? Zinc was found by mistake. It was found in Greece. Andrew Margaff discovered Zinc in India. ... Is zinc discovered in europe? Who discovered zinc the metal? Who origanaly discovered zinc? What state is zinc discovered? What month was zinc discovered? How did it zinc...
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Zinc was discovered by Andreas Marggraf (Germany) in 1746. The origin of the name comes from the German word zink. It is bluish-silver, ductile metal. Reacts with alkalis and acids. Tarnishes in air. ... Zinc metal is used in the common dry-cell battery. Also used in alloys such as brass, bronze. Zinc compounds is also used...
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Zinc is a natural element found in food, earth’s soil, and body cells. ... Zinc was discovered in 1746 by chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf when he heated calamine and charcoal.
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Zinc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zinc (pronounced /ˈzɪŋk/ zingk , from German: ), also known as spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 1...
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The Element Zinc; [Click for Isotope Data] ... Although zinc compounds have been used for at least 2,500 years in the production of brass, zinc wasn't recognized as a distinct element until much later. Metallic zinc was first produced in India sometime in the 1400s by heating the mineral calamine (ZnCO3) with wool.
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*HISTORY: Before zinc was reconized as an element, zinc ores where used in making brass. They started making metallic zinc in the 13th century A.D. India. Zinc was discovered by Andreas Marggraf in Germany in the 1500's.
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