Battery connectors

[RicinYakima]

FWIW,
Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zink) lists "zink" as a "misspelling of Zinc, a metallic chemical element." The German spelling is zink. Googling "zinc etymology" shows that the spelling seems to have changed in the mid-1600s.

 

[RicinYakima]

However, even my German University Chemistry professor spelled it with a "c".

 

[fiver]

the Germans mis-spell tin too... LOL

 

[Ian]

And let's not even talk about the etymology of Aluminium.

 

[RBHarter]

And let's not even talk about the etymology of Aluminium.

Is that when they scoop a a funnel in the top of a fire ant hill and fill it up then sell the results as art ?

 

[fiver]

for like 20 grand.
but then again someone has to dig that 10' deep hole.

 

[Bret4207]

Wish we could find a way to get zinc to cast like good lead alloys. We have a large zinc mine just south of me. BTW, they spell it with a "c".

 

[JonB]

Now I'm not sure what all this means? but if I take bits and pieces, it tells me they ain't using pure Zinc for automotive WWs.

US20040007912A1 - Zinc based material wheel balancing weight - Google Patents

A wheel balancing weight attached to the rim of a wheel for balancing the wheel is disclosed. The wheel balancing weight comprises a weight mass manufactured from zinc composite or a zinc based material and a means for attaching said weight mass to the rim. The zinc composite or zinc based...

patents.google.com

Here is some bits from the link...
What is claimed is:
1. A balancing weight attached to the rim of a wheel for balancing the wheel, comprising:
a weight mass manufactured from a zinc based material; and
a means for attaching said weight mass to the rim.
2. A balancing weight as in claim 1 wherein said zinc based material is a zinc alloy.
3. A balancing weight as in claim 2 wherein said zinc alloy includes a lead content by weight of less than about 0.006%.
4. A balancing weight as in claim 2 and 3 wherein said zinc alloy includes an aluminium content by weight of about 4% and a magnesium content by weight of about 0.04%.
5. A balancing weight as in claim 4 wherein said zinc alloy includes a copper content by weight of about 2.5%.
6. A balancing weight as in claim 2 and 3 wherein said zinc alloy includes an aluminium content by weight of about 4%, a copper content by weight of about 1% and a magnesium content by weight of about 0.05%.
7. A balancing weight as in claim 2 and 3 wherein said zinc alloy includes an aluminium content by weight of about 4% and a magnesium content by weight of about 0.015%.
8. A balancing weight as in claim 2 and 3 wherein said zinc alloy includes an aluminium content by weight of about 8%, a copper content by weight of about 1% and a magnesium content by weight of about 0.02%.
9. A balancing weight as in claim 2 and 3 wherein said zinc alloy includes an aluminium content by weight of about 11%, a copper content by weight of about 1% and a magnesium content by weight of about 0.025%.
10. A balancing weight as in claim 2 and 3 wherein said zinc alloy includes an aluminium content by weight of about 27%, a copper content by weight of about 2% and a magnesium content by weight of about 0.015%.
11. A balancing weight as in claim 2 wherein said zinc alloy is selected from a group consisting of Zamak 2, Zamak 3, Zamak 5, Zamak 7, ZA-8, ZA-12 and ZA-27.
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...and it continues on.

 

[harm]

I promised a buddy a while back that if the (replacement) slide on my Hi-Point broke , I'd cast bullets out of it and fire them through the repaired gun. The first slide cracked and was melted into a paperweight before I purchased it.

The paperweight was pretty blocky, too, kept it true to its roots.

I don't know which Zamak alloy they use, II or III, doesn't matter to me much, shouldn't matter to the steel mold or barrel much either.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Found a vide from a friend

 

[garrisonjoe]

Neither intercell connectors (plate connectors) nor battery terminals in conventional lead-acid batteries are made of zinc alloy, as zinc dissolves in weak sulfuric acid to become zinc sulfate (and release hydrogen gas).

Cable ends are made out of a wide variety of materials, in my experience, but the blocky ones are usually a lead-antimony alloy.

 

[RBHarter]

Some where I read a long thread about zincletts . At the end it reached a good consistent bullet . Zinc WW were used as I recall with something like 3% lead and 3% tin . The buzz table was mentioned also . I suspect like the reference above probably something copper and aluminum rich to start .