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Hafnium is a ductile metal with a brilliant silver lustre. It is found in
all minerals containing zirconium. These two metals show greater
similarities in properties than between any other metals in the periodic
table, and hence are difficult to separate. Hafnium shows good absorption
for thermal neutrons, is very corrosion resistant and has impressive
mechanical properties. Due to these properties it is used in nuclear reactor
control rods. Hafnium is also used in gas filled and incandescent lamps, and
to control the recrystallisation of tungsten filaments. The ability of
hafnium to absorb thermal neutrons is conversely inconvenient when present
as a zirconium impurity, since zirconium is used in the nuclear industry for
cladding fuel elements due to its low absorption for thermal neutrons.
Advent Research Materials Ltd supplies Hafnium in foil, sheet and wire form
in various different quantities. Prices can be viewed on our web site at
www.advent-rm.com.
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