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What is the difference between zirconia and zirconium?

zirconia | zirconium |

Zirconium is a related term of zirconia.



As nouns the difference between zirconia and zirconium

is that zirconia is the oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light while zirconium is a metallic chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40.

zirconia

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

  • (chemistry) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light.

    • Synonyms

    * zirconium dioxide

    Derived terms

    * cubic zirconia * zirconian

    zirconium

    English

    (wikipedia zirconium)

    Noun

    (-)
  • a metallic chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40.

    • Derived terms

    () * cubic zirconium oxide * potassium zirconium fluoride * zircaloy, zircalloy * zirco-, zirconio-, zircono- * zirconium carbide * zirconium dioxide * zirconium nitride * zirconium oxide * zirconium tetrachloride

    Related terms

    () * zircon * zircona * zirconia * zirconic * zirconolite

    See also

    * baddeleyite * hyacinth * jacinth * jargon * ligure ----