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Sodium zincate refers to anionic zinc oxides or hydroxides, depending on conditions. In the applications of these materials, the exact formula is not necessarily important and it is likely that aqueous zincate solutions consist of mixtures.
From such solutions, one can crystallize salts of containing the anions Zn(OH)4, Zn2(OH)6, and Zn(OH)6. Na2Zn(OH)4 consists of tetrahedral zincate ion and octahedral sodium cations. The salt Sr2Zn(OH)6 features zinc in an octahedral coordination sphere.
Oxozincates
Related oxides are also known such as Na2ZnO2, Na2Zn2O3, Na10Zn4O9.
References
Glenn O. Mallory, Juan B. Hajdu, (1990), Electroless Plating: Fundamentals and Applications, American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society, , William Andrew Inc., ISBN0-936569-07-7
D. Trinschek, M. Jansen (1996): "Na2ZnO2, ein neues Natriumzinkat". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, volume 51, issue 5, pages 711-714. doi:10.1515/znb-1996-0515
Eine neue Modifikation von Na2Zn2O3, D. Trinschek, M. Jansen: , Z. Naturforschung 51b, (1996), 917-21
Ein neues Oxozinkat mit trigonal-planar koordiniertem Zink, D. Trinschek, M. Jansen: Na10Zn4O9, Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie volume 622 (1996), pp. 245-50