hafnium

IPA: hˈæfniʌm

A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.

Examples of "hafnium" in Sentences

The structure of the hafnium solid is especially effective at storing energy.
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated manufactures titanium, hafnium, tungsten, and cobalt.
And some of them have to do with my age, so that when I was 72, I got this metal, hafnium, which is element 72.
Not yesterday, or in George Bush's and every neocon's vicariously fulfilled hafnium wet-dream of glory, but TODAY, right this moment type of today: Why?
Intel is building key portions of transistors in the chips from a material called hafnium instead of silicon dioxide, an industry mainstay since the 1960s.
(Weinberger, who has written for DISCOVER, is a hafnium bomb sceptic and has since written a lively account of the controversy in her book Imaginary Weapons)
The new hafnium-infused circuitry – which reduces electrical current leakage in transistors – conserves even more energy, giving you more time away from the wall outlet.
Pascal Zachary writes, Designers led by Mr. Bohr in Hillsboro, Ore., chose hafnium to replace silicon oxide, the venerable insulator in chips and a material used in making glass.
The name hafnium was given by its Danish discoverers, Coster and von Hevesey, and was created from the Latin name Hafnia which means Copenhagen, in honor of the capital city of Denmark.