Zink oxide

White powder; odorless; bitter taste; absorbs carbon dioxide from the air; has greatest ultraviolet absorption of all commercial pigments sp. gr. 5.47; m. p.1975° C; soluble in acids and alkalis; insoluble in water and alcohol. Noncombustible; nontoxic as powder.

 

Use Accelerator activator, pigment, and reinforcing agent in rubber; ointment; pigment and mold growth inhibitor in paints; ceramics; floor tile; glass; zinc salts (zinc stearate etc. ) feed additive; semiconductor in electronic devices; electronic ceramics, raw material to produce zinc phosphate as steel coating