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Zirconium

What is Zirconium?

Zirconium is a chemical element and transition metal. [1]


History

The zirconium-containing mineral zircon, or its variations (jargoon, hyacinth, jacinth, ligure), were mentioned in biblical writings. The mineral was not known to contain a new element until 1789. [1]

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Products containing Zirconium


The percentage represents the approximate total number of food products from UPC Food Search's data that contain the ingredient, "Zirconium".
The data is calculated from UPC Food Search's product data only, and is not meant to reflect all food products regionally or globally.

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Natural or Artificial?

 Natural

References
  1. Zirconium - Wikipedia

Aliases (Also Known As)

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Revision History

Action User Date/Time
Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchFebruary 8, 2009 @ 7:24 AM

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