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Zirconium burned, forming zirconium oxide and hydrogen gas, which then exploded and released radioactive cesium, a semi-volatile metal, to the atmosphere.
Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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Zirconium burned, forming zirconium oxide and hydrogen gas, which then exploded and released radioactive cesium, a semi-volatile metal, to the atmosphere.
Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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Unlike American Diamonds (made of plastic) or Cubic Zirconium (CZ) diamonds, these diamonds are just like the earth-mined diamonds.
Gem of an Idea 2010
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The Operators with NRC approval killed the test 2 years into the project a few months agobecause the Zirconium reactor core was "growing," or expanding with the higher temperature of the Pu 239 pellets.
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Zirconium was named after the silicate mineral in which it was first discovered, zircon.
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Zirconium reacts with oxygen, forming a thin coating of zirconium oxide on its surface.
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Zirconium has no beneficial or adverse effect on living organisms, and is resistant to corrosion.
Zirconium 2008
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Zirconium is used in a number of industrial applications because it is so resistant to corrosion.
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Zirconium metal is imported primarily from France, Germany, Canada, and Japan.
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Zirconium is found in two minerals, zircon (zirconium silicate, ZrSiO4) and baddeleyite (zirconium oxide, ZrO2).
Zirconium 2008
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