@article{1444002,
      recid = {1444002},
      author = {Arnold, Bożena,},
      title = {Zircon, zirconium, zirconia - similar names, different  materials /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {In this book, you will find a lot of exciting and often  astonishing information about these extraordinary and  diverse materials. The presentation is essentially  chronological and follows the history of the discovery of  these materials. Their properties and areas of application  are described along the way. The book represents a mixture  of technical and non-fiction book: understandable for  experts and laymen. Three different materials that are  often confused because of their similar sounding names.  Zircon is an ancient mineral and has great geological  significance. It is a genuine gemstone and similar to  diamond. Zirconium is the 40th chemical element and as a  metal it is characterized by extraordinary properties. For  example, it is permeable to thermal neutrons. In addition,  there is a group of special zirconium alloys, e.g.  zirkalloy. Zirconia is a special modification of zirconium  oxide, is only produced artificially and, like zircon, is  similar to diamond. Zirconium oxide itself is one of  today's most important high-performance ceramics, with a  wide range of applications in dentistry or in a lambda  probe, among others. This book is a translation of the  original German 1st edition Zirkon, Zirkonium, Zirkonia -  ähnliche Namen, verschiedene Materialien by Bȯzena Arnold,  published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer  Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of  artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service  DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily  in terms of content, so that the book will read  stylistically differently from a conventional translation.  Springer Nature works continuously to further the  development of tools for the production of books and on the  related technologies to support the authors. The Author Dr.  Bȯzena Arnold (formerly Boczek) is professor emerita of  materials engineering at the HAW Hamburg University of  Applied Sciences and has many years of experience in  imparting materials engineering knowledge.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1444002},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64269-6},
}