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hafnium

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hafnium /haf·ni·um/ (Hf) (haf´ne-um) chemical element, at. no. 72.
haf·ni·um (hfn-m)
n. Symbol Hf
A metallic element found with zirconium and used in nuclear reactor control rods and in tungsten alloys used in filaments. Atomic number 72.

hafnium
a chemical element, atomic number 72, atomic weight 178.49, symbol Hf. See Table 6.


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The company replaced the usual silicon dioxide in the transistor gate dielectric with nitrided hafnium silicate (HfSiON), a high dielectric constant (high-k) material, and confirmed its performance.
This process led to the quick discovery of the new amide-ether based hafnium catalysts; "Single-site, non-metallocene catalysts is a developing area and one that holds great promise for polyolefins research and development.
Hafnium and tungsten have distinctive locations in early Earth, says Thorsten Kleine of the University of Munster in Germany.
 
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