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Zinc Compounds
   Cadmium zinc telluride
   Mercury zinc telluride
   Zinc acetate
   Zinc antimonide
   Zinc hydroxide
   Zinc phosphate
   Zinc selenide
   Zinc stearate
   Zinc sulfate
Cadmium zinc telluride CdZnTe
A wide, direct bandgap semiconductor, it is used in a variety of applications, including radiation detectors, photorefractive gratings, electro-optic modulators and terahertz generation and detection. Cadmium zinc telluride is highly toxic to humans. It should not be ingested, nor its dust inhaled, and it should not be handled without appropriate gloves.
Mercury zinc telluride HgZnTe
Used in infrared detectors and arrays for infrared imaging and infrared astronomy.
Mercury zinc telluride has better chemical, thermal, and mechanical stability than mercury cadmium telluride. The bandgap of MZT is more sensitive to composition fluctuations than that of MCT, which may be an issue for reproducible device fabrication. MZT is less amenable than MCT to fabrication of complex heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy.
Zinc acetate Zn(CH3COO)2.(2H2O)
It is often used to treat zinc deficiencies, for instance Wilson's disease.
Industrial applications include wood preserving, manufacturing other zinc salts, polymer cross-linking, making ethylene acetate, and as a dye mordant and analytical reagent.
Zinc acetate is also found in the form of an ointment, a topical lotion. It is an anesthetic which can be used to treat minor pain.
Zinc antimonide ZnSb
It is a semiconducting intermetallic compound. It is used in transistors, infrared detectors and thermal imagers, as well as magnetoresistive devices.
Zinc hydroxide Zn(OH)2
One major use as as an absorbant in surgical dressings.
Zinc phosphate Zn3(PO4)2
Used as a corrosion resistant coating on metal surfaces either as part of an electroplating process or applied as a primer.
Zinc selenide ZnSe
Used to form light-emitting diodes and diode lasers. It emits blue light.
Zinc stearate Zn(C15H35O2)2
Zinc Stearate is a zinc soap that repels water, insoluble in alcohol, ether, soluble in benzene. It is the most powerful mold release agent among all metal soaps. It contains no electrolyte and has hydrophobic effect. Its main application areas are the plastics and rubber industry where they are used as releasing agents and lubricants which can be easily incorporated.
Zinc Stearate is also the chief ingredient in fanning powder, used by magicians and card manipulators to decrease the friction between the cards. This gives the card a smoothe, and "floating" feeling as the cards are spread for fans and/or flourishes.
Zinc sulfate ZnSO4
It is used to supply zinc in animal feeds, fertilizers, and agricultural sprays.
ZnSO4.7H2O is used in making lithopone, in coagulation baths for rayon, in electrolytes for zinc plating, as a mordant in dyeing, as a preservative for skins and leather and in medicine as an astringent and emetic.
An aqueous solution of zinc sulfate is claimed to be effective at removing moss from roofs. Spraying a mixture on moss will allow the wind to simply blow off the remaining debris, however it is not recommended for use on lawns as it is as effective at removing grass as it is moss.