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Hafnium

Hafnium Details

Hafnium Symbol: Hf

Hafnium Atomic Number: 72

Hafnium Atomic Weight: 178.49

What is Hafnium?
Silvery lustrous metallic transition element. Used in tungsten alloys in filaments and electrodes, also acts as a neutron absorber. First reported by Urbain in 1911, existence was finally established in 1923 by D. Coster, G.C. de Hevesy in 1923.

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