Zirconium: Relationships

Every element and industry that Zirconium is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Hafnium: Hafnium has no ore of its own: it is the impurity stripped out of zirconium to make nuclear-grade metal, so hafnium supply depends on how much dehafniated zirconium the nuclear industry orders. (researched)
• Titanium: Ilmenite, rutile and zircon are separated from the same heavy mineral sands, so titanium and zirconium supply come from the same mines and countries even though their end markets, white pigment and ceramics, are quite different. (researched)
• Building materials: Building materials depends on zirconium.
• Nuclear fission reactors: Nuclear fission reactors needs zirconium.