Zinc n. : An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.

Zinc v. t. : To coat with zinc; to galvanize.

Example:
What is the percent Zinc in the alloy if only the Zinc reacts with the acid to generate H2?

Taxonomy
zinc, metal, copper, Zn, zinc oxide, isotope, Compounds, metallic zinc, brass, alloys, zinc ion, Zinc deficiency, concentrations, element, zinc metal, ppm, soil, megatonnes.

Defination from the web:
... Alchemists burned zinc in air to form what they called "philosopher's wool" or "white snow" ... German chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf is normally given credit for discovering pure metallic zinc in 1746. ...