Used in dehydrator, condensating agent, wood preservative, textile sizing agent, weighting agent, ... point 732 °C, insipid, easy deliquescence, dissovable in water, acid water solution, dissolvable in methanol, ethanol, glycerol, acetone, aether and other organic ... it generates zinc hydroxide of causticity and virulence. It may dissolve metal oxide and cellulose. Molten butter of zinc has corking ...