In chemistry the term zincate may refer to several substances containing the element
zinc
Zinc is a chemical element; it has symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodic tabl ...
:
* usually the anion Zn(OH)
42−, more properly called
tetrahydroxozincate
In chemistry, tetrahydroxozincate or tetrahydroxidozincate is a valence (chemistry), divalent anion (negative ion) with formula , with a central zinc atom in the +2 or (II) valence state coordination compound, coordinated to four hydroxide groups. ...
or
salt
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as r ...
s thereof, such as
sodium zincate
Sodium zincate refers to anionic zinc oxides or hydroxides, depending on conditions. In the applications of these materials, the exact formula is not necessarily important and it is likely that aqueous zincate solutions consist of mixtures.
Hydro ...
.
* the polymeric anion
n(OH)3−and its salts, for example NaZn(OH)
3· H
2O.
[
* an oxide containing zinc and a less ]electronegative
Electronegativity, symbolized as , is the tendency for an atom of a given chemical element to attract shared electrons (or electron density) when forming a chemical bond. An atom's electronegativity is affected by both its atomic number and the d ...
element e.g. Na2ZnO2.[
In the health supplement industry zincate may also mean a commercially available zinc supplement, typically formulated as ]zinc sulfate
Zinc sulfate is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnSO4. It forms hydrates ZnSO4·''n''H2O, where ''n'' can range from 0 to 7. All are colorless solids. The most common form includes water of crystallization as the heptahydrate, with the che ...
.
Solutions
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** Numerical solution, in numerical analysis, approximate solutions within specified error bounds
* Solutio ...
prepared from dissolving zinc hydroxide
Zinc hydroxide Zn( OH)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, beryl ...
or zinc oxide
Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the Chemical formula, formula . It is a white powder which is insoluble in water. ZnO is used as an additive in numerous materials and products including cosmetics, Zinc metabolism, food supplements, rubbe ...
in a strong alkali
In chemistry, an alkali (; from the Arabic word , ) is a basic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a soluble base has a pH greater than 7.0. The a ...
like sodium hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye and caustic soda, is an inorganic compound with the formula . It is a white solid ionic compound consisting of sodium cations and hydroxide anions .
Sodium hydroxide is a highly corrosive base (chemistry), ...
, which contains various zincate anions, are used in the metal plating
Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improve solderab ...
industry, in processes such as immersion zinc plating Immersion zinc plating is an electroless (non-electrolytic) coating process that deposits a thin layer of zinc on a less electronegative metal, by immersion in a solution containing a zinc or zincate ions, . A typical use is plating aluminum with ...
and electroplating
Electroplating, also known as electrochemical deposition or electrodeposition, is a process for producing a metal coating on a solid substrate through the redox, reduction of cations of that metal by means of a direct current, direct electric cur ...
(electrogalvanization
Electrogalvanizing is a process in which a layer of zinc is bonded to steel to protect against corrosion, enhance adhesion, or give an aesthetic appeal. The process involves electroplating, running a current of electricity through a saline-/zinc-ba ...
). Any of these techniques may be called zincate process.[
]
Inorganic compound nomenclature
In the naming
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of inorganic compounds, "-zincate" is a suffix that indicates that a polyatomic anion contains a central zinc atom. Examples include tetrachlorozincate
Tetrachlorozincate is an anion with the formula . It is a counterion that is often used in conjunction with strong electrophiles. Being dianionic, tetrachlorozincate is not classified as a weakly coordinating anion. On the other hand, being dianion ...
, ZnCl42−, the tetrahydroxozincate, Zn(OH)42− and tetranitratozincate, Zn(NO3)42−. More recent recommendations (2005
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), that are not widely used, would call the first two ions tetrachloridozincate(2−) and tetrahydroxidozincate(2−) respectively.
See also
* "-ate" complex
References
[{{cite book , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=laACw9i0D_wC , title = Zinc Handbook , first = Frank C. , last = Porter , publisher = CRC Press , year = 1991 , isbn = 978-0-8247-8340-2]
Zinc compounds
Metal plating
Transition metal oxyanions
Oxometallates