Zinc
Zn
30 protons, 30 electrons, 35 neutrons
Zinc is a solid metallic and it's a bluish pale gray. Zinc is necessary for for human health. It runs the immune system. Zinc is also necessary plant and animal life. Zinc is used to coat iron and steel to protect against corrosion, used to make tv screens, and used for building. Zinc is in group 12 and period 4 and burns in air at high red heat with evolution of white clouds of the oxide.
When was Zinc Discovered?
Zinc was discovered be Andreas Marggraf in 1746 in Germany. No one knows how she discovered it but the element was rediscovered in Europe. William Champion opened rthe first zinc plant in Bristol, England. After that, many other zinc plants were opened.