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Amalgamated zinc
Amalgamated
zinc
is zinc that has been
surface
treated with
mercury
to form a surface
amalgam
containing
little
contamination
from other
elements
.
Applications
Used from ~1837 to
reduce
'local action' which
degraded
operation
of
Voltaic piles
.
See
History
of the battery#Invention of the
battery
.
To
chemically
reduce
metallic
ions
in
solution
- See
Jones reductor
.