When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout Earth's history and still occur on other planetary bodies today. While most ...

Although the optically transparent single-crystal ZrO 2 form has a very high thermal shock resistance, it also has poor fracture toughness and strength. Zirconia is well-known among ceramics for being ...

Alkane Resources says a nationally listed vulnerable species will be taken into consideration in its plans to build a zirconia mine near Dubbo The company says it has submitted its Environmental ...

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Zircon has economic importance as a raw material in its own right and also as a feedstock for the manufacture of zirconia (zirconium dioxide), zirconium chemicals and zirconium metal. The geological ...