40d:Zinc

Zinc

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Uses
Make brass and nickel silver at smelter Metal crafting Construction
Graphic
No graphic.
Ore
Sphalerite
Properties
Material value 2
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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 (in order to stretch your nickel supplies further). Zinc is used in the following recipes at a smelter:

• Nickel silver = Zinc + 2x Nickel + Copper
• Brass = Zinc + Copper

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

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[MATGLOSS_METAL:ZINC] [NAME:zinc][ADJ:zinc][COLOR:7:3:0] [VALUE:2] [SPEC_HEAT:390] [MELTING_POINT:10755] [BOILING_POINT:11633] [SOLID_DENSITY:7135]

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