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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Zinc oxide, Zinc chloride, Compounds of zinc, Zinc gluconate, Zinc pyrithione, Zinc nitride, Zinc sulfide, Zinc acetate, Zinc telluride, Zinc sulfate, Zinc bromide, Zinc selenide, Zinc iodide, Zinc cyanide, Zincate, Zinc dithiophosphate, Zinc phosphide, Zinc borate, Zinc chromate, Zinc phosphate, Zinc oxide eugenol, Zinc fluoride, Zinc hydride, Zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate, Zinc hydroxide, Jones reductor, Zinc nitrate, Zinc stearate, Sodium zincate, Zinc peroxide, Cadmium zinc telluride, Zineb, Nysted reagent, Uranyl zinc acetate, Zinc ferrite, Zinc pyrophosphate, Zinc molybdate, Depleted zinc oxide, Zinc chlorate, Zinc ammonium chloride, Zinc antimonide, Zinc titanate, Cobalt green, Mercury zinc telluride, Zinc cadmium sulfide, Brilliant cresyl blue, Zinc proteinate, Zinc ricinoleate, Zinc arsenide. Excerpt: Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnO. It usually appears as a white powder, nearly insoluble in water. The powder is widely used as an additive into numerous materials and products including plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, rubber (e.g., car tires), lubricants, paints, ointments, adhesives, sealants, pigments, foods (source of Zn nutrient), batteries, ferrites, fire retardants, first aid tapes, etc. ZnO is present in the Earth's crust as the mineral zincite; however, most ZnO used commercially is produced synthetically. In materials science, ZnO is a wide-bandgap semiconductor of the II-VI semiconductor group (since zinc and oxygen belong to the 2nd and 6th groups of the periodic table, respectively). The native doping of the semiconductor (due to oxygen vacancies) is n-type. This semiconductor has several favorable properties: good transparency, high electron mobility, wide bandgap, strong room-temperature luminescence, etc. Those properties are already used in emerging applications for...
