Description
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Technical Parameters |
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Material categories |
Zirconium sputtering target |
Molecular formula |
Zr |
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CAS No |
7440-67-7 |
Purity |
99.2-99.95% |
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Molar mass |
91.224 |
Density |
6.49 g/mL at 25℃(lit.) |
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Melting point |
1852 ºC |
Boiling point |
4377 ºC |
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Solubility (water) |
insoluble in water |
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Product Overview:
Zirconium is a grayish white, hard, and lustrous transition metal that is very similar to hafnium and slightly less similar to titanium.
Zirconium is mainly used as a heat resistant agent and a sunshade agent, while a small amount of zirconium is used as an alloy agent due to its high corrosion resistance. Zirconium can form a variety of inorganic compounds and organometallic chemistry, such as zirconium dioxide and zirconium dichloride. There are five isotopes of zirconium in nature, three of which are stable. Zirconium compounds have no known function in living organisms.
Product Application:
Zirconium is not corrosion-resistant and is mainly used in nuclear reactors as a jacket material for fuel rods and as a corrosion-resistant alloy. Because the neutron cross-sectional area of zirconium is very small, neutrons can pass almost completely through zirconium, so zirconium alloys can be used as nuclear fuel cladding tube structural materials in nuclear fission reactors, such as zirconium 2 and zirconium 4 alloys. The only downside is that above 1260 degrees Celsius, it reacts with water vapor to produce hydrogen, causing a hydrogen explosion.
