Coastal salts (i.e. sodium, calcium and magnesium chlorides) can create a corrosive environment for any infrastructure across the world, the reason being humid and saline climate. The only remedy is to use galvanized steel (the zinc coated steel) that provides the much needed strength to the rebars.
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‘The Power of Zinc…. in Batteries…’
Alessandro Volta, in the year 1800, did not just invent batteries, he unfolded an evolution…
‘Zinc in the Moon Buggy…’
Zinc was used in the wheels and the batteries of the Moon Buggy. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Lunar Rover was a Zinc-Silver battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo Program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972.
iPhone Uses Zinc Alloy Based Chargers
Our lifelines – Our phones need Zinc to charge…
Did you know that your mobile phone chargers contain Zinc in the form of Zinc alloys, which makes it strong, tough, durable and have a high impact strength.
The Tooth about Zinc
While Zinc is present in the human body in cells, bones, eyes etc., it is also naturally present in mouth in the saliva and the enamel of teeth.