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Zinc

7440-66-6Zn65.39 g/mol
ElementChEBI source record

Zinc is indexed in ChEBI under CHEBI:27363, with the reported formula Zn. Use the source record and structural identifiers below to confirm the material you need. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

20A2067 · FY2008

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number7440-66-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaZnChEBI ↗
Molar mass65.39 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass63.92914 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:27363ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass65.4 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass63.929142 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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zinc atom
zinc
HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
[Zn]
InChI=1S/Zn

Names & synonyms

zinc

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

micronutrient

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2008 source classification
zinc powder - zinc dust (stabilized) · 20A2067
EndpointReported classification
Serious eye damage/eye irritationCategory 2B
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 1
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Long-term)Category 1

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0152929 mol

Uses 65.39 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
Zn
Zinc · 1 atom
100.00%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:27363

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 23994 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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