 
 <prompt> Wetin dem dey use plenty zinc do? Based on di last question, write one context wey get di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: The element fit don probably get name from di alchemist Paracelsus afta di German word Zinke (prong, tooth). German chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf dey credited wit di discovery of pure metallic zinc for 1746. Work by Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta show di electrochemical properties of zinc by 1800. Zinc plating wey no dey corrode iron (hot-dip galvanizing) na di major use of zinc. Oda uses dey for batteries, small non-structural castings, and alloys like brass. Different zinc compounds dey wey people dey use, like zinc carbonate and zinc gluconate (as dietary supplements), zinc chloride (for deodorants), zinc pyrithione (for anti-dandruff shampoos), zinc sulfide (for luminescent paints), and zinc methyl or zinc diethyl for di organic laboratory. 