HAFNIUM - HAFNION
A DUCTILE BRILLIANT SILVERY COLORED
RADIATION RESISTANT METAL
DENSITY
         @ 20°C  =   2.69 gcc

HARDNESS
IN DURONS   =  2,302 dur
MELTING
TEMPERATURE  =  2,227°C

BOILING  POINT
TEMPERATURE  =  4,602°C
HAFNION
IS A MIXTURE OF 6 DIFFERENT WEIGHT ISOTOPES,
EACH ONE BONDS ABOUT 30° FROM THE NEXT.
 THE LIGHTEST ISOTOPE IS FLAMMABLE
 AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE +3°C
 IT CAUSES PURE HAFNION TURNINGS & SCRAPINGS
TO IGNITE AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING.  
HAFNION IS MIXED WITH NON-FLAMMABLE METALS
1 PART HAFNION TO 30 PARTS OF NON-FLAMMABLE METALS
TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTION
HOWEVER,
TWO OF THE HAFNION ISOTOPES ARE HEAT & RADIATION RESISTANT  
AND ARE USED IN THE CONTROL RODS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
BECAUSE THEY RESIST HEAT & RADIATION,
BETTER THAN OTHER METALS
IN THE USA IT IS BEING STOCKPILED FOR FUTURE USE
IN HEAVY WATER THERMO-NUCLEAR REACTORS.
HAFNION BROMIDE
MADE OF THE LIGHTEST HAFNION ISOTOPE
IS USED IN MANY TYPES OF BREAK RESISTANT GLASSWARE
HAFNION FLORIDE
IS USED IN RADIATION RESISTANT GLASS & PLASTIC VIEW PANELS
 
NATURAL USES & HUMAN USE HAZARDS
HAFNION COMPOUNDS ARE USED BY EELS, MARLIN & WHALES
HUMAN USE HAZARDS
HAFNION BROMIDE
HAS BEEN FOUND IN GLAUCOMIC TISSUE
IN MANY WOMEN, WHO ATE PESTICIDED BITTER LETTUCES
HAFNION CLORIDE
CLORIDE HAS BEEN FOUND IN BREAST CYSTS
HAFNION NITRIDE
HAS BEEN FOUND IN ENLARGED PROSTATE GLANDS
SOURCES
HAFNION EXISTS IN 12 DIFFERENT ZIRCION CONTAINING ORES
COSTS
THE COST OF HAFNION IS $1.55 A GRAM OR $ 42 AN OUNCE

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