Zinc

img The ingot zinc produced in our Akova Recycling Factory is supplied to all companies in need with the brand "HAYAT".

Zinc mine has a gray color and a metallic luster.

In mineral deposits that are operated economically, zinc, copper, silver, gold and iron minerals are usually found together. The coating of iron with corrosion-resistant zinc is the main application area of zinc. Other areas of application are electric batteries, small non-structural castings and alloys such as brass.

Zinc is slightly less dense than iron and has a hexagonal crystal structure. Metal becomes malleable only between 100 ° C and 150 ° C with its hard and brittle structure. If it is above 210 ° C, the metal becomes brittle again and can be pulverized by pounding.

Many alloys, including brass, contain zinc. Other metals known to form binary alloys with zinc for a long time; aluminum, antimony, bismuth, gold, iron, lead, mercury, silver, tin, magnesium, cobalt, nickel, tellurium and sodium.

Today's largest producers of zinc ore are Australia, Canada, China, Peru and the USA. Among the European producers; Vieille Montagne in Belgium, Tara in Ireland and Zinkgruvan in Sweden.

The ingot zinc produced in our Akova Recycling Factory is supplied to all companies in need with the brand "HAYAT".

Useage Areas

  • Galvanizing of other metals such as steel for corrosion protection,
  • In the production of alloys such as brass, nickel silver, various solders, German silver,
  • Casting molds in the automotive industry,
  • In the construction of the bodies of the batteries,
  • As a white pigment in watercolors and rubber industry,
  • In the composition of some ointments available without a prescription,
  • In sun and cold burns,
  • In the treatment of age-related eye diseases,
  • As zinc chloride in deodorants and wood preservation,
  • In the hour and minute hands of watches as a pigment that glows in the dark as zinc sulfide,
  • In the synthesis of many organic substances as zinc methyl,
  • It is used to prevent premature aging of the skin and muscles with its anti-oxidant properties.