Zinc’s best known benefit is its ability to keep away corrosion. Due to iron and steel (an alloy of iron and carbon), people have this general idea that metals used for construction are prone to moisture and rust.
That is not so with materials made from zinc. That’s because zinc forms a thin layer called patina. This patina covers the material and thus protects it from weather elements, such as air and water.
In fact, thanks to this attribute, zinc is used for coating, or galvanizing, iron and steel to inhibit corrosion.
Zinc is rarely ever scarce; it is always available locally, and it has several applications in the modern world that go beyond construction. Zinc is also a favorite of home builders and architectural firms due to its ease of use; people find it very easy to form or manipulate.
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