Zirconium dioxide
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Sep 15, 2026
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Why hadn't he recognized the greasy quartz-like material before? It was zirconia, a compound of zirconium, of course.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
A silicate-based creature could easily have formed a shell of it about itself.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Zirconia, one of the compounds he had intended prospecting for on the moons of Saturn, worth over a hundred dollars per pound.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Because of its resistance to heat, it was used to line the tubes of rockets.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Terra's supply had long been used up.
Jim GlidewellGUEST
I don't get it.
Jim GlidewellGUEST
We've got Zirconia.
Jim GlidewellGUEST
Well, Jim,
Howard FarranHOST
these are two Goldwell gold grunts.
14 MINS LATER
Jim GlidewellGUEST
So that's...
Jim GlidewellGUEST
That's funny.
Jim GlidewellGUEST
But when I did Zirconia, that ended the gold business.
Jim GlidewellGUEST
It ended the feldspathic porcelain business.
Matt BirchlerGUEST
This is the most interesting thing to me.
Tim ChatenHOST
Zirconia.
Tim ChatenHOST
I mean, is that more durable than sapphire?
Matt BirchlerGUEST
Potentially.
Tim ChatenHOST
Okay.
Tim ChatenHOST
Let's see.
Tim ChatenHOST
Zirconia is extremely strong polycrystal ceramic.
Tim ChatenHOST
Higher flexural strength than the regular ceramic.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Why hadn't he recognized the greasy, quartz-like material before? It was zirconia, a compound of zirconium, of course.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
A silicate-based creature could easily have formed a shell of it about itself.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Zirconia, one of the compounds he had intended prospecting for on the moons of Saturn, worth over $100 per pound.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Because of its resistance to heat, it was used to line the tubes of rockets.
Bryden JonesNARRATOR
Tara's supply had long been used up.
Tarun AgarwalHOST
Yeah, we made it ourselves.
MeredithHOST
And I think we ordered it from two different labs, four different sets, Emax, Zirconia, and then we milled them ourselves.
MeredithHOST
And we chose.
MeredithHOST
Yeah, you chose.
Rich ConstantineGUEST
I know I should know that.
Rich ConstantineGUEST
I, you know, it's part of my equipment financing because I have a prime scan as well because that's my restorative workflow for Emax, Lisi Press, Zirconia, For our in-house posterior crowns, we still send out smile makeover cases to Williams Dental Lab and we think they're great.
Rich ConstantineGUEST
But for individual posterior crowns, we do, that's our workflows in-house milling.
Ashley HovesHOST
Gotcha.