Zinc

Zinc

History

Zinc started smelt in the 5 th century BC in India. Method for production of metallic zinc described in 1veke BC Roman historian Strabop. In 1743 built the first plant to obtain metallic zinc in Ekrope, Bristol.

Nowadays

Mainly zinc used for coating of various metals in order to improve corrosion resistance. Zinc is used in chemical reactions on the selection of gold and silver from cyanide compounds. In the printing using the form of zinc. Widely known zinc white, which are its oxide. Some compounds of zinc ispolschuyutsya in medicine. Zinc is used in batteries.

Date	ASIA	EUROPE	USA
28/08/2009	2202.87	1817	1831.15
29/07/2009	2012.76	1621	1659.63
22/07/2009	1991.01	1617.5	1626.78
15/07/2009	1909.88	1468	1507.29
08/07/2009	1936.63	1936.63	1936.63
01/07/2009	1947.09	1554	1555.57
25/06/2009	1953.82	1535	1567.04
17/06/2009	1946.11	1560.5	1531.1
10/06/2009	1982.33	1564	1607.38
03/06/2009	1917.7	1550	1548.96
28/05/2009	1867.29	1456.5	1433.22
20/05/2009	1868.14	1448	1470.7
13/05/2009	1869.06	1504.5	1528.24
07/05/2009	1957.03	1520	1556.9
27/04/2009	1772.29	1383	1357.38
20/04/2009	1997.78	1501	1484.37
18/04/2009	2012.41	1500.5	1519.42