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How is zinc currently produced?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Most zinc is mined in the form of zinc sulfide, which, when heated in the presence of oxygen, breaks down into zinc oxide and sulfur dioxide. Metallic zinc can then be obtained from the zinc oxide by reacting it at high temperature with carbon or carbon monoxide and condensing the metallic vapor, or by electrolysis in the presence of sulfuric acid.

The leading producers of zinc are China, Australia and Peru.

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