zirconium

     

Zirconium (pronounce /zɚˈkoʊniəm/, /ˌzɝˈkoʊniəm/) is a chemical element with the symbol Zr and atomic number 40. It is a lustrous, gray-white, strong transition metal that resembles titanium. Zirconium is used as an alloying agent due to its high resistance to corrosion. It is never found as a native metal, but is instead obtained mainly from the mineral zircon, which can be purified by chlorine. Zirconium was first isolated in an impure form in 1824 by Berzelius.

Trivia about zirconium

  • Some colorless forms of this element with the chemical symbol Zr are known as matura diamonds
  • This element whose symbol is Zr is alphabetically the last element
  • Zircon ore is the world's main source of hafnium &, of course, this other element
  • Alphabetically, it's the last element in the periodic table
  • A vertical crucible called a "skull" is used to make the gem called "cubic" this
  • We're not faking--alphabetically, it's last among the elements on the Periodic Table
  • Clap your hands for Martin Klaproth, who discovered uranium & this alphabetically last element
  • Klaproth, who found cerium, also found this element that's last on the alphabetical list
  • This metallic element that's last alphabetically is used to make the cores of nuclear reactors

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