Having had zinc removed; describing a metal or alloy from which zinc has been stripped away through dezincation or chemical removal.
From dezinc + -ed (past participle). This adjective describes the state of metals after the dezincation process.
A dezinced brass pipe looks deceptively strong but is actually brittle—it's a great example of how a material can fail completely while looking almost normal on the outside!
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