Electronic data		Thermal data		Steric data
Shells: 2,8,18,2 Orbitals: [Ar] 3d10 4s2 Electronegativity: 1.7, 1.6 1. Ionization potential: 9.3941 eV 2. Ionization potential: 17.964 eV 3. Ionization potential: 39.722 eV Oxidation states: 2 Electrical conductivity: 0.166 10^6		Melting point: 419.58 °C Boiling point: 907 °C Specific heat: 0.39 J/gK Heat of fusion: 7.322 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization: 115.30 kJ/mol Thermal conductivity: 1.16 W/cmK		Atomic radius: 1.53 Å Ionic radius: 0.74 Å () Covalent radius: 1.25 Å Atomic volume: 9.2 cm³/mol Density (293 K): 7.14 g/cm³ Crystal structure: Hexagonal

Nuclide	Abundance [%]	Mass	Spin	Halflife	Decay mode	Decay tree
62Zn	0	62	0	9.26h	EC,+	View
63Zn	0	63	0	38.5m	+,EC	View
64Zn	48.6	63.9291	0	--	stable	--
65Zn	0	64.926	5/2	243.8d	EC,+	View
66Zn	27.9	65.926	0	--	stable	--
67Zn	4.1	66.9271	5/2	--	stable	--
68Zn	18.8	67.9248	0	--	stable	--
69Zn	0	69	1/2	55.6m	-	View
69Znm	0	69	9/2	13.76h	IT,-	View
70Zn	0.6	69.9253	0	--	stable	--
72Zn	0	72	0	46.5h	-	View

Legend

Name origin:	German: zink (German for tin)
Description:	Bluish-silver, ductile metal.
Discovered by:	Known to the ancients
Year:	--
Place:	Germany
Sources:	Found in the minerals zinc blende (sphalerite) (ZnS), calamine, franklinite, smithsonite (ZnCO3), willemite, and zincite (ZnO).
Use(s):	Used to coat other metal (galvanizing) to protect them from rusting. Also used in alloys such as brass, bronze, nickel. Also in solder, cosmetics and pigments.