Tecken | Zr |
Atomnummer | 40 |
Grupp | 4 (Titangruppen) |
Period | 5 |
Block | d |
Ämnesklass | Övergångsmetall |
Utseende | Silvery white |
Färg | Silver |
Antal protoner | 40 p+ |
Antal neutroner | 51 n0 |
Antal elektroner | 40 e- |
Fas vid STP | Fast |
Densitet | 6.52 g/cm3 |
Relativ atommassa | 91.2242 u |
Smältpunkt | 2128 K 1854.85 °C 3370.73 °F |
Kokpunkt | 4650 K 4376.85 °C 7910.33 °F |
Ångbildningsvärme | 590.5 kJ/mol |
Elektronegativitet (Paulingskalan) | 1.33 |
Elektronaffinitet | 41.806 kJ/mol |
Oxidationstal | −2, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4 (an amphoteric oxide) |
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Upptäckt | Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1789) |
Första isolation | Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1824) |
Upptäckten av zirkonium The zirconium-containing mineral zircon and related minerals (jargoon, hyacinth, jacinth, ligure) were mentioned in biblical writings. The mineral was not known to contain a new element until 1789, when Klaproth analyzed a jargoon from the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He named the new element Zirkonerde (zirconia). Humphry Davy attempted to isolate this new element in 1808 through electrolysis, but failed. Zirconium metal was first obtained in an impure form in 1824 by Berzelius by heating a mixture of potassium and potassium zirconium fluoride in an iron tube.The crystal bar process (also known as the Iodide Process), discovered by Anton Eduard van Arkel and Jan Hendrik de Boer in 1925, was the first industrial process for the commercial production of metallic zirconium. |