Talk:Zirconium dioxide

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[edit] Jewelry

Shouldn't someone mention how much they look like diamonds?

I think they mentioned that the two types of stone are difficult to distinguish, and that most jewelers have a thermal conductivity tester for just that purpose. Reading Uncle Tungsten a while back, I noticed how Oliver Sacks was taught as a kid just how cold diamonds feel when pressed to one's lips; I wonder if this wouldn't be just as accurate a test for thermal conductivity, but without the fancy instruments.--Joel 23:12, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

Zirconium dioxide would be a better name for this article, or at least more in keeping with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (chemistry). I would do the move, except that this article seems to have come from there. What do people think? Physchim62 22:29, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it seems to already have been moved (back) to ziconium dioxide. Now I'd like to ask: "shouldn't it be 'zirconium oxide'?" Apparently this is what it is listed under in Chemical Abstracts. Apparently the oxidation state of Zr is always +4 (but see the discussion at Talk:Zirconium), so is it necessary to specify stoichiometry if there's no alternative? — DIV 128.250.204.118 09:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] great article

Great article on zirconia, covers all of the high points of the material. -ceramic engineer—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.184.91.110 (talk • contribs).