Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and collaborators compressed single crystal samples of the metal ...

Zirconium is a metal in group IVB of the periodic table with atomic number 40, an atomic weight of 91.22, and a density of 6.49 Mg/m 3. Its melting point is 1852 C, and it boils at 3580 C. The ...

They all contained between 5–10 per cent. of hafnium. In samples of commercial zirconium oxide investigated, we have found the new element, amounting in one case to as much as 5 per cent.