Group 12 element
In the 12th group of the periodic table the elements zinc, cadmium and mercury and the element produced beginning in 1996, contained 112 Copernicium. Zinc is found with a relative frequency of 7 × 10-3 % in the earth's crust. Cadmium with 2 × 10-5 % The group is often referred to as zinc group. Often the elements of the zinc group occur as sulfides. We also speak of zinc blende. To win the items that sulfides are first roasted, then reduced with carbon, and finally distilled.
- The metals
Cadmium
Mercury
Alkali metal | Alkaline earth metals | scandium | Titanium Group | Vanadium Group | Chrome Group | Manga Group | iron group | Cobalt Group | Nickel Group | Group Copper | Zinc Group | triel | Carbon Group | Nitrogen Group | chalkogens | Halogens | Noble gases
Lanthanides | Actinides
- Group of the periodic table