Zirconium Products And Their Applications

Since ancient times, zirconium has been treated as a gemstone and played a decorative role in human life because of its colorful hues. As people's knowledge of zirconium continues to deepen, zirconium's applications are becoming more and more widespread. Zirconium may be unfamiliar to most people, but it has penetrated into every aspect of our lives. For example, zirconium is used in all kinds of buildings around us, ceramics, knives and decorations that are essential in our lives, and even in military and nuclear power fields.

Introduction of zirconium products and their applications

Zirconium Silicate

Zirconium silicate is an important variety of traditional zirconium products. The product is made from zirconium sand by grinding, calcining and powdering. It is a high-quality and inexpensive ceramic glaze emulsifier, mainly used in the production of color glaze for architectural ceramics, daily-use ceramics and electric ceramics, and also widely used in the industries of high-grade refractories, precision casting and emulsified glass.

Zirconium Carbonate

Mainly used as additives for cosmetics and waterproofing agents, flame retardants, opacifiers, and fibers, paper surface additives, and can be used to make zirconium-cerium composite catalytic materials, is an important raw material for the textile, paper, paint, cosmetic industry, and in recent years, the amount of growing.

Zirconium chloride

Production of other zirconium products such as zirconium dioxide, zirconium carbonate, zirconium sulfate, composite zirconium oxide and zirconium and hafnium zirconium separation to prepare the main raw material of hafnium metal zirconium, but also can be used for textiles, leather, rubber additives, metal surface treatment agents, paint desiccant, refractories, ceramics, catalysts, fire prevention agents and other products, in recent years, China's annual output of over 90,000 tons. Zircon sand is the main raw material of zirconium chloride.

Electrofused zirconium dioxide

Abbreviated as electrofused zirconium, electrofused zirconium oxide, mainly used in the production of glaze and refractory materials. Due to the high content of impurities in electrofused zirconium, the use is limited.

Zirconium sulfate

Important raw material for leather tanning agent, wool treatment agent and paint surface oxidizer, can be used as catalyst carrier, amino acids and proteins, precipitating agent and deodorant, is also the intermediate raw material for the production of zirconium chemicals and metal zirconium, hafnium.

Zirconium dioxide

Non-toxic, odorless white solid, with sufficient stability to alkali solutions and many acidic solutions, suitable for precision ceramics, electronic ceramics, optical lenses, glass additives, electrolytic zirconium bricks, ceramic pigments, enamels, artificial gemstones, refractories, grinding and polishing and other industries and products.

Composite zirconia

Also known as semi-stable and stable zirconia, it is a non-toxic, tasteless white powder with stable chemical properties and controllable specific surface area, which is the basic raw material for manufacturing all kinds of special ceramics, advanced refractory materials, optical communication devices and new energy materials.

Zirconia Structural Ceramics

Composite zirconia as raw material and made of zirconia, including zirconia grinding media and zirconia structural parts of two types of products, zirconia structural parts mainly include zirconia special ceramic valves, fiber optic connectors, ceramic knives, watch accessories, ceramic pusher blades, textile porcelain and so on.

Nuclear grade zirconium

Zirconium is mainly used as structural materials for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and civil power reactors, as well as casing for uranium fuel elements, etc. It is an important strategic metal.

Industrial grade zirconium

Industrial-grade zirconium is mainly used to make chemical acid and alkali resistant equipment, military, electronics industry, pipeline valve materials, special high-strength and high-temperature alloy materials, electric vacuum and lighting bulb industry suction agent.

Firearms grade zirconium

Zirconium is used as sponge zirconium burning agent for firearms, also suitable for alloy additives and metallurgical deoxidizer, chemical industry, civil flash fireworks, and so on.