Zirconium Silicate

  

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Zirconium Silicate

Definition: Zirconium Silicate

Zirconium Silicate

Noun

1. A common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.

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Specialty Definition: Zirconium Silicate

DomainDefinition

Industry

Zircon orthosilicate; this term is also applied by extension to a rock containing a major proportion of this mineral. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

ZrSiO4 , natural silicate of zirconium found in Brazil and elsewhere. One such deposit known as brazilite is said to contain about 80% zirconium oxide in a semimanufactured form. This product is employed as a refractory in the making of "zirkite" bricks and cement. In rare cases, used as a cobalt groundcoat constituent. Zirconium silicate is used in formulation of zircon enamels that depend upon crystallization of zircon compounds for opacity development. See also:zircon sand. (references)

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Synonym: Zirconium Silicate

Synonym: zircon (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Zirconium Silicate

Specialty definitions using "zirconium silicate": iron redzircon sand. (references)

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Modern Translation: Zirconium Silicate

Language Translations for "zirconium silicate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

zirkoniumsilikat (zircon), zirkon (zircon). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zirkoonsilicaat (zircon), zirkoon (zircon). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

zirkoniumsilikaatti (zircon), zirkoni (zircon). (various references)

   

French

  

zircon (zircon), silicate de zirconium (zircon). (various references)

   

German

  

Zirkonsilikat (zircon), Zirkon (zircon). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πυριτικό ζιρκόνιο (zircon), ζιρκόνιο (zirconium). (various references)

   

Italian

  

zircone (zircon), silicato di zirconio (zircon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irconiumzay ilicatesay

   

Portuguese

  

ZrSiO4 (zircon), zircão (zircon), silicato de zircónio (zircon). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

zircón (zircon), silicato de circonio (zircon), circón (zircon). (various references)

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Anagrams: Zirconium Silicate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-r-s-t-u-z"

-3 letters: cliometricians.

-4 letters: cliometrician, counterclaims, criminalities.

-5 letters: circulations, comicalities, counterclaim, criminalizes, miniaturizes, romanticizes, unmoralities.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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