Constituent
Name
Synthetic baddeleyite
Official name
Synthetic Baddeleyite
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
oxide-hydroxide
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
0.999
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$ZrO_2$
Chemical formula
ZrO2
Elemental formula
Zr O2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Zr$ Zirconium element 1 0.3333333333333333 1.0 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 2 0.6666666666666666 1.0 constituent element main
Class
tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
monoclinic
Crystal class
prismatic
Crystal class symbol
2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup
P2(1)/c
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
123.22 $g/mol$
Density
5.5-6 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
biaxial
Refringence sign
negative
Birefringence
0.070
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
2.13
Refraction index $n_{\beta}$
2.19
Refraction index $n_{\gamma}$
2.2
Color
Brown, Brownish black, Colorless, Green, Greenish brown
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Luster
adamantine