Zirconium Metal & powder from READE

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Zirconium Metal & Powder

Zirconium Metal Designations:

Chemical Name: Zirconium

Chemical Formula: Zr

Zirconium Metal Description:

Zirconium is a hard, lustrous, grayish-white metal. The mineral has been known since ancient times, but the existence of elemental zirconium was not known until the late 18th century, It is abundant in S-type stars and is a component of the sun and meteorites. It is very corrosion resistant and is utilized extensively by the chemical industry where corrosive agents are used. Zirconium is routinely found with some level of hafnium, since separation if the two elements is difficult. It is an highly flammable solid and a dust explosion hazard.

Zirconium Metal Typical Chemical Purities Available:

Total Zr + Hf= 97.3%, Active Zr + Hf= 89.4%

Zirconium Metal Typical Granulations Available:

Crystal bar turnings, lump, sponge, various powder granulations, foil, plate, wire, and rod

Zirconium Metal Typical Physical Constants:

Atomic Number	40
Liquid density at M.P.	5.8 g/cm³
Molecular Weight (g/mol.)	91.22
Apparent Density @25°C (g/cm³)	6.506
Specific Heat @25°C (cal/g-°C)	.066
Melting Point (°C)	1852
Boiling Point (°C)	~ 3580
Thermal Conductivity (cal/s-cm-°C)	.0505
Vickers Hardness	110
Surface Area (m²/g)
Crystallography	hexagonal structure

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Zirconium Metal Typical Applications:

To produce getter suspensions in lamps and vacuum tubes, as an igniter paste for the production of flash tubes, to produce highly reactive and quick fuse compositions in pyrotechnics for use in ammunition, explosives and airbags. Zirconium has a low absorption cross section for thermal neutrons, which makes it ideal for nuclear energy uses, such as cladding fuel elements. More than 90% of zirconium metal production is consumed by commercial nuclear power generation. Modern commercial scale reactors can use as much as a 150,000 meters of zirconium alloy tubing. Reactor-grade zirconium has to be purified of hafnium, which has 600 times higher neutron cross-section; a hafnium-free zirconium can be 10 times more expensive than zirconium with naturally occuring 1-5% of hafnium.

Zirconium Metal Packaging Options:

Dry, in tin cans of max. 3 kg. capacity. Or, as aqueous suspension in PE-bottles, water content of 30% min.

Zirconium Metal TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Yes. For further information please call the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at 1.202.554.1404

Zirconium Metal Safety & Handling:

Refer to a material safety data sheet before use. Do not use water!

Zirconium Metal Chemical Abstract Service Number:

7440-67-7

Zirconium Metal UN Number:

1358

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