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Zirconium is a metal recovered from zircon. Zircon is used in mineral form in refractory products, where it is valued for its high melting temperature of 2,550Â°C. Some zircon is processed by chemical leaching to yield elemental zirconium.irconium is a metal recovered from zircon. Zircon is used in mineral form in refractory products, where it is valued for its high melting temperature of 2,550Â°C. Some zircon is processed by chemical leaching to yield elemental zirconium.
Zirconium is a chemical element with symbol Zr and atomic number 40. The name of zirconium is taken from the name of the mineral zircon, the most important source of zirconium. The word zircon comes from the Persian word zargun Ø²Ø±Ú¯ÙÙ, meaning gold-colored.It is a lustrous, grey-white, strong transition metal that resembles hafnium and, to a lesser extent, titanium.aturally occurring zirconium is composed of five isotopes. 90 Zr, 91 Zr, 92 Zr and 94 Zr are stable. 94 Zr can undergo double beta decay (not observed experimentally) with a half-life of more than 1.10Ã10 17 years. 96 Zr has a half-life of 2.4Ã10 19 years, making it the longest-lived radioisotope of zirconium.