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Definition of Hafnium
1. Noun. A grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons.
Definition of Hafnium
1. Noun. a metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Hf) with an atomic number of 72. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hafnium
1. a metallic element [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hafnium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hafnium
Literary usage of Hafnium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineral Commodity Summaries, 1996 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Zirconium and hafnium metal were produced from zircon sand by two domestic ...
The largest market for hafnium metal is as an addition in superalloys. ..."
2. Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age by Theodore Rockwell (2003)
"Creating Zirconium and hafnium Industries...Procurement of Equipment...Going
Public...Reviewing Civilian Reactor Plants for Safety Public Participation in ..."
3. Building a Network of Welcoming Services: Amerasian Resettlement by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Originally identified in Brazil and Sri Lanka, baddeleyite may contain up to 1.7
percent hafnium. Brazilian baddeleyite heavily contaminated with ..."
4. Spent Nuclear Fuel Discharges from U. S. Reactors (1993) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The effect in Westinghouse assembly classes is somewhat obscured by the early
changeout of hafnium control rod assemblies from some WE 17 X 17 plants. ..."
5. The Ultimate Psychopolitics, Mass Mind Control and the Global Control System by Ceres (1993)
"The amount of hafnium seized was enough to supply a nuclear industry or a nuclear
weapons program for several years. In June 1992, Vienna police arrested ..."
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