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Zinc hydride
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<p>Zinc hydride is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> <a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">Zn</a><a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">H</a>2. It is a white, odourless solid which slowly decomposes into its elements at room temperature; despite this it is the most stable of the <a href="/facts/Binary_compound/pQ7zq0Cv">binary</a> first row <a href="/facts/Transition_metal_hydride/LKwz9A8M">transition metal hydrides</a>. A variety of <a href="/facts/Coordination_compound/1tCyeQUm">coordination compounds</a> containing Zn–H bonds are used as <a href="/facts/Reducing_agent/CtfSGVXC">reducing agents</a>, but ZnH2 itself has no common applications. </p>