Zinc can be readily cast or molded. Most cadmium today is recovered as a by-product of the zinc refining process. It is also used in special motion-sensitive switches and in ordinary fluorescent lamps. Mercury alloys well with a number of metals. The alloys are known as amalgams .
Dental alloy is an example of one such amalgam in common use.
Lead was bombarded with zinc atoms to achieve a mass total of 277. No name or symbol has been suggested. Background links go to the Periodic Table created at Los Alamos National Laboratories by Robert Husted.