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zirconium dioxide

zirconium oxide

noun
Chemistry. a white, heavy, amorphous, odorless and tasteless, infusible, water-insoluble powder, ZrO2, used chiefly as a pigment for paints, an abrasive, and in the manufacture of refractory crucibles.
Also called zir·co·ni·a [zur-koh-nee-uh] , zirconium dioxide.


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1865–70
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zirconium dioxide

zirconium dioxide, an industrially important compound of zirconium and oxygen usually derived from the mineral zircon (see zirconium).

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