A plant based breakthrough made by Chinese scientists can help improve the performance of the water-based zinc batteries. The breakthrough uses the konjac plant – a root vegetable which is ...

The oxide which forms upon zinc is insoluble in ] pure water. Acids dissolve it readily, and when hydrated, as is the case in water pipes, solutions of the caustic fixed alkalies and solutions of ...

Controversy over the environmental pollution by Young Poong, the world’s sixth-largest zinc producer, has persisted despite the suspension of operations at its Seokpo refinery for discharging polluted ...