Zincate

In chemistry the term zincate may refer to several substances containing the element <a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">zinc</a>:

<ul><li>usually the anion Zn(OH)42−, more properly called <a href="/facts/Tetrahydroxozincate/QsqwNHMt">tetrahydroxozincate</a> or <a href="/facts/Salt_(chemistry)/lsSKwGpn">salts</a> thereof, such as <a href="/facts/Sodium_zincate/UD8Auz5a">sodium zincate</a> Na2Zn(OH)4.</li>
<li>the polymeric anion [Zn(OH)3−] and its salts, for example NaZn(OH)3· H2O.</li>
<li>an oxide containing zinc and a less <a href="/facts/Electronegativity/H7Vq7Uah">electronegative</a> element e.g. Na2ZnO2.</li></ul>
In the <a href="/facts/Health_supplement/SHXNNxaS">health supplement</a> industry zincate may also mean a commercially available zinc supplement, typically formulated as <a href="/facts/Zinc_sulfate/uwhWDMCC">zinc sulfate</a>.
<a href="/facts/Solution_(chemistry)/MGchhMQV">Solutions</a> prepared from dissolving <a href="/facts/Zinc_hydroxide/YbPzHlq5">zinc hydroxide</a> or <a href="/facts/Zinc_oxide/P7sTyDez">zinc oxide</a> in a strong <a href="/facts/Alkali/s6NqPGSP">alkali</a> like <a href="/facts/Sodium_hydroxide/xjtdYtq7">sodium hydroxide</a>, which contains various zincate anions, are used in the metal <a href="/facts/Plating/3tRPlr6x">plating</a> industry, in processes such as <a href="/facts/Immersion_zinc_plating/vxrIc4L7">immersion zinc plating</a> and <a href="/facts/Electroplating/HbKf0SBb">electroplating</a> (<a href="/facts/Electrogalvanization/dzRFGYa6">electrogalvanization</a>). Any of these techniques may be called zincate process.

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