Category: Zirconium

Zirconium is a very strong, malleable, ductile, lustrous silver-gray metal, similar to hafnium and titanium. It is flammable in powder form, and highly resistant to corrosion and heat. Zirconium is a high corrosion-resistant metal that is us used for many products. Some include pumps, valves, nuclear applications, chemical processing, reactor vessels, heat exchangers and more.

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Why Is Zirconium Used In Nuclear Reactors?

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Why Is Zirconium Used In Nuclear Reactors? Zirconium is a rare metal with amazing corrosion resistance, high melting point, high hardness, and strength. It is widely used in aerospace, military, nuclear reaction, and atomic energy fields. In the video below, there is an experiment that explains why zirconium used in nuclear reactors. Initially, zirconium was […]

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Zirconium Metal: The Magic Industrial Vitamin

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Zirconium Metal: The Magic Industrial Vitamin Zirconium metal is widely used in the fields of aerospace, military industry, nuclear reaction, and atomic energy. Generally, titanium products used in spacecraft with high corrosion resistance are far inferior to zirconium, whose melting point is around 1600 degrees, while that of zirconium is above 1800 degrees, and the […]

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Brief Analysis of Applications of the Zirconia Refractories

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Brief Analysis of Applications of the Zirconia Refractories With the rapid development of the iron & steel industry and the requirement of improving the performance of electronic components, zirconia refractories are more and more applied. Zirconia is a very stable refractory oxide, and the relevant research shows that the melting temperature of which is 2680 ℃. In this article, […]

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What are the Uses of Zirconium Containing Materials in Refractories?

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What are the Uses of Zirconium Containing Materials in Refractories? As a new material, zirconium-containing materials have been rapidly developed in the last decade or so. In the field of refractory materials, natural zirconium-containing mineral materials and artificial zirconium oxide, and composite oxide raw materials have also been widely used, which are used to make various […]

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The Discovery of Zirconium

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The Discovery of Zirconium In this article, we will take a look at the discovery of zirconium. The naming of zirconium is based on zircon. As early as a few centuries ago, zircon has been used as jewelry. The Bible said that zircon is one of the 12 kinds of precious stones worn by the high […]

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Why Is Zirconium A Transition Metal?

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Why Is Zirconium A Transition Metal? When of sufficient purity, zirconium is soft and ductile. Zirconium a transition metal has good corrosion resistance and low absorption capacity for thermal neutrons. These properties are desirable in materials used for certain parts of nuclear reactors. The great increase in the production of zirconium since 1945 has been […]

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