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Zn: 2·8·18·2

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Zn

Zinc

Z 
30
Mass 
65.38
Lifeforce 
Earth
In the body 
brain, muscle, thyroid, liver, dna

What shields iron from rust closes the wounds in you. And over three hundred enzymes would stand idle without it.

A terraced slope with laid stone foundations and visible roots; a figure sets a stone in place.
Plate · Earth Earth never hurries. It holds, stone by stone, whatever is meant to last.

Zinc. Element thirty. Protects iron from rust. Heals wounds. Every cold-relief lozenge in your pocket carries it.

Lab note · Element thirty; roughly 2.3 g in the body, over 300 enzymes depend on it.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

Zn · Supernova

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

65 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

  • Fire
  • Water
  • Air
  • Earth
  • Source

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