looking for zinc ingot or turning

[butcher]

We have a store here called BiMart, they sell pure one pound zinc electrodes in the fishing section for fishing weights,check your fishing stores, as mentioned electrical conduit connectors, or even used battery's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc%E2%80%93carbon_battery

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[solar_plasma]

If you live near to a harbour with ship-yards, maybe you can get old used sacrifical zink anodes from ships. I don't know how pure they are.

 

[ericrm]

thanks for all the ideas

 

[rusty]

Every discarded hot water tank will have some sacrificial anode left, you'll find the tanks behind any plumbing shop.

http://www.plumbingsupply.com/anoderods.html

 

[solar_plasma]

The old matchbox cars were made of zinc. I don't know, if they still are and zinc die casting alloys contain some percents of Al, Cu and Mg. So, since you need pure zinc, this material would have to be refined.

Parts of the old 5 1/5" floppy drives sometimes look like zinc die casting alloys, too.

Rainwater pipes seem also to be made of massive zinc sometimes.

 

[Jimmy]

Most gas furnace controls are zinc castings.