Zinc Oxide: The Most Rad Compound

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Zinc Oxide has long been used for skin care, burns, and minor scaring. It was discovered by… many people. It was used by the Greeks to make brass in the 1^st Century AD, it was been used by the Indians, then the Europeans and Chinese. However, from what we know Andreas Marggraf and Antoine Lavoisier have been the main contributors to the popularization of Zinc. Zinc Oxide is a compound made up of Oxygen and Zinc. Zinc is a transition metal and oxygen is a Chalcogen.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_oxide