Mahalo ʻoku hanga ʻe hono lau pe ʻo e foʻi lea zirconium ʻo ʻomi ki heʻeku fakakaukau ʻa e "zirconia," ʻa ia ko e taiamoni manakoa taha ia ʻo e mamani simulant. ʻOku kehekehe ʻaupito ʻa e zirconium mo e zirconia, ka ʻoku ngalingali ʻe fakakaukau ʻa e tokotaha ʻavalisi ʻoku nau fekauʻaki koeʻuhi he ʻoku nau ongo tatau, toʻomataʻ?
Ko e zirconia ko ha meʻa ʻoku ngaohi ʻe he tangata, pea ʻoku ngalingali te ke maʻu ha siueli, hangē ko e ongo mama malí, ngaohi mei ai. Ko e ha ʻoku manakoa ai? Sai, ʻoku ke maʻu ʻa e fotunga mo e ongoʻi ʻo ha foʻi taiamoni taʻe ʻi ai ha totongi maʻolunga!
ʻOku totonu nai ke ke fakatau hoʻo foʻi mama zirconia mahuʻinga kehe? Fakapapauʻi, ʻe asi ia ʻi he kamataʻanga, ka ʻe ʻalu pē taimí mo ʻene lava pē ke kamata ke taʻeoli mo mate. ʻOku lelei ange ʻa e taiamoni ʻi he zirconia ʻoku maʻu koeʻuhi he ʻoku tatataha ke nau maʻu ha ngaahi fakamatala, ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ʻao pea ʻoku ʻikai ke nau tukuhifo ʻi ha vahaʻataimi. Kapau "ʻoku taʻengata ʻa e taiamoni," pea ʻoku ʻikai ke zirconia.
Foki ki zirconium– ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he ʻIkale Alloys ʻa e zirconium ʻi he foomu kotoa pe mei he Stock. ʻOku haʻu ʻa Zirconium mei he ko zircon pea ʻoku faʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ia ko ha refractory, opacifier mo/pe alloying fakafofonga. ʻOku tokoni ʻa e Zirconium ke ngaohi ha ngaahi pamu, ngaahi valves, ʻea vela mo ha ngaahi meʻa lahi ange. Naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ʻoku fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he malohi ʻo e ivi fakaʻatomi ha meimei 90% ʻo e zirconium naʻe faʻu ʻi he taʻu kotoa pe? ʻOku fakaʻaongaʻi ia ʻi he ivi fakaʻatomi koeʻuhi he ʻoku ʻikai faingofua ke mahino ʻa e ngaahi haʻi.
Zirconium, puʻaki zer-KO-nee-fetuku, naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻi he 1789 ʻe ha tangata huʻi vai Siamane ko Mateni Heneli Klaproth pea faifai ʻo teuteuʻi ʻi ha founga haohaoa ʻi he 1914. Neongo ʻe lava ke maʻu zirconium ʻi he kelekele mo e masima tahi ʻo e mamani, ʻoku ʻikai faʻa maʻu ia ʻi natula ko ha ukamea tuʻufonua. Ka, ʻoku maʻu ia mei he zircon, ko e silicate, mined ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe he funga ʻo e mamani, tautefito taha ki ʻAositelēlia mo Saute ʻAfilika. ʻE lava ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e Zircon ʻi he mafana ʻo e ʻea, ʻi moulds ki he ngaahi ukamea haka hange ko ʻeni.
Zirconium taiokisaiti, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻiloa ko hono mālohí, ʻoku faʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he fale fakatotolo crucibles mo metallurgical tofunanga afi. ʻE lava ke maʻu ʻa e Zirconia ʻi ha ngaahi abrasives ʻe niʻihi, hangē ko e ʻoneʻoné. Pea, zirconia fakaʻofoʻofa, ʻo hangē ko ia ne lave ki ai ʻi muʻá, ʻoku angamaheni ʻaki hono tuʻusi ki gemstones ke fakaʻaongaʻi ki he siueli.
