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Zinc oxide, ZnO, is the most important manufactured compound of zinc, with a wide variety of uses. [2] It crystallizes with the Wurtzite structure. It is amphoteric, dissolving in acids to give the aqueous Zn 2+ ion and in alkali to give the zincate (a.k.a. tetrahydroxozincate) ion, [Zn(OH) 4] 2−. Zinc hydroxide, Zn(OH) 2 is also amphoteric.
Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula Zn O.It is a white powder which is insoluble in water. ZnO is used as an additive in numerous materials and products including cosmetics, food supplements, rubbers, plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, lubricants, [12] paints, sunscreens, ointments, adhesives, sealants, pigments, foods, batteries, ferrites, fire retardants, semi conductors ...
Zn + 2 H 2 O + 2 NaOH → Na 2 Zn(OH) 4 + H 2 From such solutions, one can crystallize salts of containing the anions Zn(OH) 4 2− , Zn 2 (OH) 6 2− , and Zn(OH) 6 4− . Na 2 Zn(OH) 4 consists of tetrahedral zincate ion and octahedral sodium cations.
For example, a metal oxide such as zinc oxide, ZnO, contains no hydrogen and so cannot donate a proton. Nevertheless, it can act as an acid by reacting with the hydroxide ion, a base: ZnO + 2 OH − + H 2 O → [Zn(OH) 4] 2−. Zinc oxide can also act as a base: ZnO + 2H + + 5 H 2 O → [Zn(H 2 O) 6] 2+
Zinc hydroxide Zn() 2 is an inorganic chemical compound.It also occurs naturally as 3 rare minerals: wülfingite (orthorhombic), ashoverite and sweetite (both tetragonal). Like the hydroxides of other metals, such as lead, aluminium, beryllium, tin and chromium, Zinc hydroxide (and Zinc oxide), is amphoteric.
An example with true fractional oxidation states for equivalent atoms is potassium superoxide, KO 2. The diatomic superoxide ion O − 2 has an overall charge of −1, so each of its two equivalent oxygen atoms is assigned an oxidation state of − 1 / 2 .
In the naming of inorganic compounds, "-zincate" is a suffix that indicates that a polyatomic anion contains a central zinc atom. Examples include tetrachlorozincate, ZnCl 4 2−, the tetrahydroxozincate, Zn(OH) 4 2− and tetranitratozincate, Zn(NO 3) 4 2−.
Zincate salts can be obtained by reaction of zinc oxide (ZnO) or zinc hydroxide (Zn(OH) 2) and a strong base like sodium hydroxide. It is now generally accepted that the resulting solutions contain the tetrahydroxozincate ion. [4] Earlier Raman studies had been interpreted as indicating the existence of linear ZnO 2− 2 ions. [5]