This WebElements periodic table page contains uses for the element zirconium ... The following uses for zirconium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).
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This WebElements periodic table page contains Essential information for the element zirconium ... Brief description: zirconium is a greyish-white lustrous metal. The finely divided metal can ignite spontaneously in air, especially at elevated temperatures. The solid metal is much more difficult to ignite.
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In that decade Magnesium Elektron Limited (MEL) became the first company to exploit zirconium commercially when they introduced their oxides for ceramic colours. Research undertaken at MEL's Clifton Junction laboratories, soon discovered a wide range of other uses for zirconium.
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Zirconium is a corrosion resistant metal that is used in high performance pumps and valves. Since it also does not easily absorb neutrons, zirconium is widely used in nuclear reactors. The nuclear power industry uses nearly 90% of the zirconium produced each year, which must be nearly free of hafnium.
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(Persian zargun: gold like) Zircon, the primary gemstone of zirconium, is also known as jargon, hyacinth, jacinth, or ligure. This mineral, or its variations, is mentioned in biblical writings.
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USES OF ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; IN FUSION APPLICATIONS; C.B.A. Forty and P.J. Karditsas; EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, UK. Abstract; Structural analyses of a typical first wall using zirconium alloy indicate that Zr-alloys may have satisfactory properties,
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Zirconium by Luke Wilson ... Zirconium(Zr) is a very important element in today's science and household world. ... These uses make it extremely valuable to science.
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Overview of Zirconium ... Zirconium's Name in Other Languages ... Uses of Zirconium:
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Commercial nuclear power generation now takes more than 90% of zirconium metal production. Reactors of the size now being made may use as much as a ...
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Zirconium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zirconium (pronounced /zərˈkoʊniəm/ zər- KOH -nee-əm ) is a chemical element with the symbol Zr and atomic number 40. It is a lustrous, gray-white, strong transition metal that resem...
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