zirconia

IPA: zɝkˈoʊniʌ

(chemistry) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light.

Examples of "zirconia" in Sentences

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“It would be like stealing a diamond ring and finding out it was only a zirconia.”
Violet handed over a pair of clip-on chandelier earrings made of black stones and cubic zirconia.
You know there's real zircon and there's synthetic cubic zirconia, which is created as a fake diamond and made in a lab?
April 20th, 2010 at 4: 01 am zirconia-blank says: the analyst is the lie, the expert in the TV and so on is only the wastrel.
This difficulty exists principally with an oxide such as zirconia, because it cannot be compressed in so hard a cake that it would not be carried off quickly.
The added way to accept it fabricated is to actualize or carve it yourself in wax and again accept a cubic zirconia jewelry casting it in gold or argent for you.
According to Ms Garmendia, using a ceramic material called zirconia (Zr02), carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles of zirconia, a prothesis that will last more than 150 years can be produced.