The sacrificial metal: zinc corrodes so that the steel it coats does not.
- Atomic number
- 30
- Atomic mass
- 65.38 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s²
- Melting point
- 692.88 K · 419.7 °C
- Boiling point
- 1,180 K · 906.9 °C
- Density
- 7.134 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.65
- Period / Group
- 4 / 12
- Discovery year
- 1746