Solid phase
Official name
Synthetic Baddeleyite
Type
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
oxide-hydroxide
Chemical composition
Formula
$ZrO_2$
Chemical formula
ZrO2
Elemental formula
Zr O2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
6.0
  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
Molar mass
123.22 $g/mol$
Density
5.5-6 $g/cm^3$
State NTP
solid
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
Pure color
colorless
Color
Brown, Brownish black, Colorless, Green, Greenish brown
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Luster
adamantine
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