Zinc, Zn
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Zinc is a metal in group II B of the periodic table with atomic number 30, an atomic weight of 65.37, and a density of 7.14 Mg/m3. It has a melting temperature of 419.5 C.

The electronic configuration of zinc is: (Ar)(3d)10(4s)2, and it has an atomic radius of 0.138 nm.

At room temperature the metal has the hexagonal close packed crystal structure. The lattice parameters are: 
a =0.266 nm, c = 0.495 nm.

Zinc has a Young's modulus of 70 GPa, a yield stress of 160 MPa, an UTS of 200 MPa, and a fracture strain of 0.9.

From: Newey and Weaver, "Materials Principles and Practice," Butterworth (1990)