Zirconium (Zr)

Zircoium, Zr

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Physical Properties

• Boiling Pointing: 46.82 k
  Melting Point: 21.28k
  Phase: Solid
• Density: 6.52g/cm3

BackGround
(Who discovered and When)

John Jacob made fairly pure Zirconium in 1824.

Zircoium is a chemical element with the symbol Zr, am atomic number 40.
It's a lustrous , gray-white strong transition metal that resembles Titanium.
Zirconum is used to as an alloying agent due to its high resistance to Corrusion.
Zirconium is one of the transition metals.
An important use of zirconium is in nuclear power plants.
The future of Zircoinum its use as an advanced ceramic

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