| Origin of Name |
From the Arabic word zargun, meaning gold color |
| Date and Place of Discovery |
In 1789 in Germany |
| Discovered by |
Martin Heinrich Klaproth |
| Common Compounds |
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| Interesting facts |
- It reacts with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere
- It forms a film that prevents corrosion.
- It is resistant to weak acids.
- Its principle ore is zircon (ZrSiO4) is found in Florida, South Carolina,
Australia, Brazil.
- It is found in S-type stars and has been found in the sun, lunar rock and in meteorites.
- Its alloy, baddeleyite, can
withstand very high temperatures.
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| Common Uses |
- Jewelry (gem products)
- Nuclear reactors
- Coating for fuel parts
- Laboratory crucibles
- Furnace linings
- "Getters" in vacuum tubes
- Surgical appliances
- Superconductive magnets
- Photoflash bulbs
- Primers
- Rayon Spinnerets
- Lamp filaments
- Poison ivy lotions
- Glass and ceramic ovens
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