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Oxide of Zinc

Place carbonate of zinc in a covered clay crucible, and expose Iodide of potassium gives a yellow precipitate, soluble in acetic acid, a solution of po- to a very low red heat, until a portion taken tassa, alcohol, and boiling water; from boiling from the centre of the mass ceases to efferwater it is deposited in small, brilliant, gold- vesce on being dropped into dilute sulphuric on-yellow scales, as the liquid cools. (See also Nos. 2304, &c.)

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