There are isolated examples of the use of impure zinc in ancient times (14th to 10th centuries BC) known, so the proper answer to this question is that we do not know.
However, in more modern times, Zinc was distinctly recognized as a metal under the designation of Yasada or Jasada in 1374.
A German chemist, Andreas Margraf is given credit for first isolating pure zinc in 1746, even though Swedish chemist Anton von Swab had distilled zinc from calamine four years before.
zinc was one of the elements found in 1526
Zinc has been known and used since prehistoric times. Artifacts that are mostly zinc dating back to about 2500 BC have been discovered.
There does not seem to be any rational reason, other than general agreement.The symbols for elements generally used single letters for the earliest discoveries, espeically when there were fewer elements with similar names. The name "zincum" was likely from one of several German words (zinn= tin, zinke=toothed). The symbol Zn was in use long before the element zirconium was discovered.
No element with 121 electrons has yet been discovered (as of December 2016).
This is a topic that I've found very interesting over the past few years. I used to be a very big skeptic over the use of supplements such as Echinacea, Vitamin C and Zinc. However, I recently discovered that I was completely wrong. Zinc is your best bet, but you have to be careful. Most Zinc lozenges don't do anything to help you. They may taste great, like candy even, but candy never helped us with our colds. Rather, be sure the Zinc you're ingesting in a lozenge comes in the form of Zinc Acetate, not Zinc Gluconate, as most commercial lozenges do. Lozenges that contain a few milligrams of Zinc, not "as Zinc Glucomate" will also do you well. I'm my research, the cheaper the Zinc lozenge, the more likely it is to contain Zinc Gluconate. Go for the mid-range prices and read the label. I've found what I use to be very effective and I get mine at Walgreens. It is their brand of Zinc Lozenges that I find work for me.
Zinc was discovered in Germany around 1500.
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The discoverer of Zinc was a man named Andreas Margraff. He lived in Germany, which is also where he discovered the element. He discovered this in 1746.
Although zinc compounds have been used for at least 2,500 years in the production of brass, zinc wasn't recognized as a distinct element until much later. Metallic zinc was first produced in India sometime in the 1400s by heating the mineral calamine (ZnCO3) with wool. Zinc was rediscovered by Andreas Sigismund Marggraf in 1746 by heating calamine with charcoal. Today, most zinc is produced through the electrolysis of aqueous zinc sulfate (ZnSO4).
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he discovered it in Asia in joemama vag
Sliver and zinc
German chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf is normally given credit for discovering pure metallic zinc in 1746
carbon, sulfer,iron, copper, and zinc
zinc was one of the elements found in 1526
Sliver + Zinc.