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Re: livinginthelimelight post# 1252

Friday, 05/03/2013 4:16:07 PM

Friday, May 03, 2013 4:16:07 PM

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I never knew the demand for Zinc was so high.

Zinc is the fourth-most widely used metal, right behind iron/steel, aluminum, and copper.

Zinc, which has unique abilities to resist corrosion and oxidation, is used for metal galvanization, the process of applying a metal coating to another metal to prevent rust and corrosion. As you can see from the following table, galvanizing metals (particularly steel) is by far the largest application of zinc.

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