Relating to or denoting compounds containing fluorine and zirconium, especially those used in nuclear reactors and specialty materials.
Compound of 'fluoro-' plus 'zirconic' (relating to zirconium compounds), from 20th-century materials science as zirconium's heat-resistant properties became valued.
Zirconium is one of the few metals that doesn't absorb neutrons, making it perfect for nuclear reactor fuel containers, and fluozirconic compounds take advantage of its extreme durability in some of the harshest chemical environments on Earth.
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