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 | | Zinc is insoluble in cold and hot water and soluble in acid, alkalies, and acetic acid. |
 | | Zinc oxide is used in paints, ointments, cosmetics, cement, glass, automobile tires, fabricated rubber products, plumbing fixtures, glue, matches, tiles, ceramics and porcelains, feed additives, seed treatment, inks, zinc green, electrostatic copying paper and color photography, flame retardant, semiconductor manufacturing, and as an ultraviolet absorber in plastics (Merck, 1989; Sax, 1987). |
 | | Zinc compounds are expected to be particle-associated or in the aerosol form in the atmosphere, and hence subject to wet and dry deposition. |
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