How to Use "zirconium" with Example Sentences

1. As temperatures soared , the zirconium alloy coating the fuel apparently split or melted , reacting with the steam to produce copious amounts of hydrogen gas .

2. A bwr contains thousands of thin , straw-like tubes 12 feet in length , known as fuel rods , that in the case of fukushima are made of a zirconium alloy .

3. Mr mphep 's pixels are pieces of zirconium dioxide , 30 microns across , that have been coated on one side with a layer of silver 1.23 microns thick .

4. Paradoxically , though , it is a mirror in which the silver , being on top , is the transparent layer ( it is so thin that light passes easily through it ) while the zirconium dioxide ( which is normally a transparent substance ) acts as the reflective surface .