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What family does zinc belong to?
Q. I want to know what family does the element of zinc belong to?
Brianna G [surname deleted for privacy by Editor]- Ausza, California, USA
2006
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Dear Brianna,
Are you absolutely sure that you know exactly what that question means :-)
Supplying a correct answer to a question that you don't understand will give your teachers & parents all the wrong information about where they need to focus their efforts. Please give us the atomic number for zinc and I will be happy to answer your question. Your chemistry book will almost surely have the periodic table in it. Good luck.
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Q. How true, can you give it to me?
zinc- symbol Zn; atomic number 30; atomic mass 65.409; protons 30; # of neutrons 35; # of electrons 30; melting point= 787.15 °C; boiling point= 1665 °C; normal phase= solid; cost= $.50 per pound; classification= metal; and I know the group number is 12 and it is a transition metal. But is there an official name for its family? Thanks. And yes, I'm sure I know what all this information means.
- Oak Island, North Carolina, United States
2007
I think you've got it already, James. Although "family" means different things in different contexts, I believe that is it accepted that the 'family' is this case is 'transition metals' as you said.
But some old fashioned people like me call it group IIb rather than group 12, and it's also called the 'Zinc Group', which also includes cadmium and mercury. Good work.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
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Q. What family is Zinc in?
meghan G [surname deleted for privacy by Editor]- Alibon Pennsylvania
November 2, 2015
Hi Meghan. You've seen this page and apparently don't like the answers provided so far -- transition metals, group IIB, group 12, or zinc group :-)
So, make it a multiple choice question and I'll bet I can answer it correctly for you.
Regards,
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
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November 2015
by Bochmann, Wilkinson, Murillo, & Cotton
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In their book
<== "Advanced Inorganic Chemistry", Cotton and Wilkinson have a separate chapter titled "Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury."
Zinc is kind of a phony transition metal, IMHO. Unlike its far more interesting cousin, cadmium.
Dave Wichern
Consultant - The Bronx, New York
November 12, 2015
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