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zirconia

/ zɜːˈkəʊnɪə /

noun

  1. another name (not in technical usage) for zirconium oxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Cones of zirconia are also used in the same way; or a thorium mantle in conjunction with alcohol vapour may be employed.

I endeavored repeatedly to fuse zirconia, placing it in a cup or arc light carbon as indicated in Fig. 23.

The sample submitted, like this in your hat, was zirconia; the earth-ore which carries the rare metal zirconium.

Microcosmic salt does not dissolve so much zirconia as glucina, and is more prone to give a turbid bead.

Zirconia yields with nitrate of cobalt, when ignited, an infusible black mass.

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