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Zinc (Zn) is a metal with atomic number 30 located in group 12 of the periodic table. This bluish-white, brittle and moderately reactive element plays important roles in both industrial and biological systems. In nature it is primarily found as the mineral sphalerite (ZnS) and is the second most abundant trace element in the human body after iron. Chemically it predominantly forms stable compounds in the +2 oxidation state. Discovery Historically zinc was used in India as early as 1000 BCE in br