zinc ingot

zinc ingot

This metal has found various uses in terms of practical properties, including reactivity with iron, corrosion resistance, electrochemical properties, low melting point, strength, alloyability, malleability, high tensile strength, etc. When this metal is alloyed with 4% aluminum, its yield strength and hardness increase a lot.

Strength and resistance

Zinc is a low strength metal with less than half the elasticity of mild carbon steel. Zinc ingots are commonly used in load bearing applications. However, cheap mechanical parts can be cast.

Reactivity

Zinc has strong electrochemical properties, although it works well in alkaline batteries and during the galvanizing process. Ingots have strong anti-corrosion properties and combine well with other metals.

Zinc ingot applications

• Making casting alloys from zinc ingots
• Civil and construction works
• Production of zinc plates or sheets, rolled (production of roof drainage devices or in the covering of buildings)
• Alloys of brass, silver and nickel
• Casting molds and automotive industry

Galvanizing steel, roofing sheets, storage tanks, air ducts in air conditioning systems and ventilators and heating systems.

• Production of chemicals and oxides

Advantages of using zinc ingots

• A type of commercial alloy with low melting cost and low metal wastage
• Insensitivity to different degrees of cooling, the possibility of casting it with different processes
• Production of thin sections and complex details from a piece
• Small shrinkage and less gas porosity
• Excellent payment capability
• Very good corrosion resistance
• Excellent machining properties