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Zircon (/ ˈ z ɜːr k ɒ n,-k ən /) [7] [8] [9] is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium. Its chemical name is zirconium(IV) silicate , and its corresponding chemical formula is Zr SiO 4 .
Zircon (ZrSiO 4) and cubic zirconia (ZrO 2) are cut into gemstones for use in jewelry. Zirconium dioxide is a component in some abrasives, such as grinding wheels and sandpaper. [49] Zircon is also used in dating of rocks from about the time of the Earth's formation through the measurement of its inherent radioisotopes, most often uranium and ...
It should not be confused with zircon, which is a zirconium silicate (ZrSiO 4). It is sometimes erroneously called cubic zirconium . Because of its low cost, durability, and close visual likeness to diamond , synthetic cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important competitor for diamonds since commercial ...
The 3M22 Zircon, [13] also spelled as Tsirkon (Russian: Циркон, NATO reporting name: SS-N-33), [14] is a Russian scramjet-powered, nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missile. Produced by NPO Mashinostroyeniya for the Russian Navy , the missile utilizes the 3S-14 launch platforms on frigates and submarines .
Hadean zircon is the oldest-surviving crustal material from the Earth's earliest geological time period, the Hadean eon, about 4 billion years ago. Zircon is a mineral that is commonly used for radiometric dating because it is highly resistant to chemical changes and appears in the form of small crystals or grains in most igneous and metamorphic host rocks.
Commercial non-nuclear grade zirconium typically contains 1–5% of hafnium, whose neutron absorption cross-section is 600 times that of zirconium. Hafnium must therefore be almost entirely removed (reduced to < 0.02% of the alloy) for reactor applications.
Naturally occurring zirconium (40 Zr) is composed of four stable isotopes (of which one may in the future be found radioactive), and one very long-lived radioisotope (96 Zr), a primordial nuclide that decays via double beta decay with an observed half-life of 2.0×10 19 years; [4] it can also undergo single beta decay, which is not yet observed, but the theoretically predicted value of t 1/2 ...
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