物理性质
Physical property
外观和性状：白色粉末或六角晶系结晶体。无嗅无味，无砂性。受热变为黄色，冷却后重又变为白色加热至1800℃时升华。遮盖力是二氧化钛和硫化锌的一半。着色力是碱式碳酸铅的2倍。
Appearance and properties: white powder or hexagonal crystalline system. It is odorless, tasteless and sandless. It becomes yellow when heated and white again when cooled and sublimated when heated to 1800 C. The covering power is half of that of titanium dioxide and zinc sulfide. The dyeing power is twice that of basic lead carbonate.
溶解性：溶于酸、浓氢氧化碱、氨水和铵盐溶液，不溶于水、乙醇。
Solubility: Soluble in acid, concentrated alkali hydroxide, ammonia water and ammonium salt solution, insoluble in water and ethanol.
化学性质
Chemical property
氧化锌是一种著名的白色的颜料，俗名叫锌白。它的优点是遇到H2S气体不变黑，因为ZnS也是白色的。在加热时，ZnO由白、浅黄逐步变为柠檬黄色，当冷却后黄色便退去，利用这一特性，把它掺入油漆或加入温度计中，做成变色油漆或变色温度计。因ZnO有收敛性和一定的杀菌能力，在医药上常调制成软膏使用，ZnO还可用作催化剂。
Zinc oxide is a famous white pigment, commonly known as zinc white. Its advantage is that H2S gas does not change to black, because ZnS is also white. When heated, zinc oxide gradually changes from white to light yellow to lemon yellow. When cooled, the Yellow fades away. Using this characteristic, zinc oxide is mixed into paint or thermometer to make a discolored paint or thermometer. Because of its astringency and bactericidal ability, zinc oxide is often used as ointment in medicine, and zinc oxide can also be used as catalyst.
化学反应式：
Chemical Reaction Formula:
跟NaOH反应：ZnO+2NaOH+H2O=Na2[Zn（OH）
Reaction with NaOH: ZnO+2NaOH+H2O=Na2[Zn(OH)