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===Physical properties===
Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous, [[diamagnetic]] metal, though most common commercial grades of the metal have a dull finish. It is somewhat less dense than [[iron]] and has a hexagonal [[crystal structure]], with a distorted form of [[Close-packing of equal spheres|hexagonal close packing]], in which each atom has six nearest neighbors (at 265.9 pm) in its own plane and six others at a greater distance of 290.6 pm. The metal is hard and brittle at most temperatures but becomes malleable between 100 and 150 °C. Above 210 °C, the metal becomes brittle again and can be pulverized by beating. Zinc is a fair [[electrical conductivity|conductor of electricity]]. For a metal, zinc has relatively low melting (419.5 °C) and boiling point (907 °C). The melting point is the lowest of all the [[d-block]] metals aside from [[mercury (element)|mercury]] and [[cadmium]]; for this reason among others, zinc, cadmium, and mercury are often not considered to be [[transition metal]]s like the rest of the d-block metals.

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