Martin Heinrich Klaproth, a German chemist, discovered zirconium in 1789 in a sample of zircon from Sri Lanka, according to Chemicool. The sample's composition was found to be 25 percent silica ...

Zirconium, the material used by jewelers to make false diamonds, glitters in clouds above the star’s surface. The team made the discovery while looking for chemical clues that explain why a ...

In that same year, he also discovered uranium, and today both of these metallic elements are essential for nuclear power generation. A zirconium–tin alloy, known as Zircaloy, is used as the ...

There's a star in the sky that sparkles like a diamond—thanks to vast amounts of zirconium in its atmosphere, astronomers have announced. Dubbed LS IV-14 116, the faint, blue star lies about ...

THE discovery of native zirconia was first made public in my letter to NATURE (vol. xlvi. p. 620) in October last; at the same time I gave characters sufficient for the recognition of the new ...

Zirconium, the metal extracted from the mineral, zircon, may not be well-known, but its remarkable properties make it indispensable in nuclear power, the chemical industry, medicine and more. Since ...