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*[[Brass]] = Zinc + [[Copper]]
 
*[[Brass]] = Zinc + [[Copper]]
  
Interestingly, [[magma]] is hot enough to ''boil'' zinc. This said, the zinc vapor is lethal to your dwarves and possibly other creatures who breathe.
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Interestingly, [[magma]] is hot enough to ''boil'' zinc, and the resulting vapor can be quite dangerous to any creatures nearby.
  
 
[[Category:Metals]]
 
[[Category:Metals]]

Revision as of 21:59, 14 March 2010

Zinc
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Ore
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Wikipedia article

Zinc is a metal that can only be smelted from sphalerite. While it can be turned into furniture and 'other objects' at a metalsmith's forge, it is also used to create alloys at a smelter. Zinc is particularly useful if you have magma, as it is an ingredient in the creation of magma-proof nickel silver. Zinc is used in the following recipes at a smelter:

Interestingly, magma is hot enough to boil zinc, and the resulting vapor can be quite dangerous to any creatures nearby.