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Zinc is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

Zinc is part of the Group 12 elements series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on August 21, 2009.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 1, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
April 28, 2009	Featured article candidate	Promoted
May 28, 2012	Good topic candidate	Promoted

Current status: Featured article

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Section sizes

Section size for Zinc (47 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,386	7,386
Characteristics	21	11,947
Physical properties	3,050	3,050
Occurrence	6,622	6,622
Isotopes	2,254	2,254
Compounds and chemistry	53	11,895
Reactivity	5,948	5,948
Zinc(I) compounds	655	655
Zinc(II) compounds	4,664	4,664
Test for zinc	575	575
History	12	18,894
Ancient use	6,509	6,509
Early studies and naming	4,378	4,378
Isolation	4,488	4,488
Later work	3,507	3,507
Production	16	11,104
Mining and processing	7,393	7,393
Environmental impact	3,695	3,695
Applications	227	36,379
Anti-corrosion and batteries	5,802	5,802
Alloys	6,737	6,737
Other industrial uses	8,749	8,749
Organic chemistry	3,930	3,930
Dietary supplement	2,332	7,538
Gastroenteritis	2,109	2,109
Common cold	80	80
Weight gain	1,764	1,764
Other	1,253	1,253
Topical use	3,396	3,396
Biological role	10,738	35,570
Enzymes	2,979	2,979
Signalling	844	844
Other proteins	4,868	4,868
Nutrition	18	7,785
Dietary recommendations	4,380	4,380
Dietary intake	3,387	3,387
Deficiency	6,197	6,197
Soil remediation	754	754
Agriculture	1,405	1,405
Precautions	40	8,566
Toxicity	5,852	5,852
Poisoning	2,674	2,674
See also	174	174
Notes	26	26
References	29	3,027
Bibliography	2,998	2,998
External links	1,596	1,596
Total	146,564	146,564