Zirconium oxide (ZrO₂), yomwe imadziwikanso kuti zirconium dioxide, ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri cha ceramic chomwe chimagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri. Ndi ufa woyera kapena wachikasu wopepuka wokhala ndi mphamvu zabwino kwambiri zakuthupi ndi zamankhwala. Zirconia ili ndi kutentha kotentha kwa pafupifupi 2700°C, kuuma kwambiri, mphamvu zambiri zamakanika, kukhazikika bwino kwa kutentha komanso kukhazikika kwa mankhwala, ndipo imatha kupirira dzimbiri la asidi ndi alkali komanso kutentha kwambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, zirconium oxide ili ndi mphamvu yayikulu yowunikira komanso mphamvu zabwino kwambiri zowunikira, kotero imagwiritsidwanso ntchito kwambiri m'munda wamagetsi.
Mu ntchito zothandiza, zoyeraokusayidi ya zirconiumIli ndi mavuto osintha magawo (kusintha kuchokera ku gawo la monoclinic kupita ku gawo la tetragonal kumayambitsa kusintha kwa voliyumu ndi kusweka kwa zinthu), kotero nthawi zambiri ndikofunikira kugwiritsa ntchito zokhazikika monga yttrium oxide (Y₂O₃), calcium oxide (CaO) kapena magnesium oxide (MgO) kuti ipange zirconium oxide yokhazikika (Stabilized Zirconia) kuti ikonze mawonekedwe ake amakina komanso kukana kutentha. Kudzera mu njira zoyenera zopopera ndi kusungunula, zida za zirconia sizingosunga mawonekedwe abwino amakina okha, komanso zimawonetsa kuyendetsa bwino kwa ionic, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito kwambiri mu ceramics zomangira, maselo amafuta, masensa a okosijeni, zoyikamo zamankhwala ndi zina.
Kuwonjezera pa kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zachikhalidwe, zirconia imagwiranso ntchito yofunika kwambiri pa ntchito yokonza pamwamba molondola kwambiri, makamaka pa ntchito yokonza zinthu zapamwamba kwambiri. Chifukwa cha mawonekedwe ake apadera, zirconia yakhala chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pakupukuta bwino.
Mu gawo la kupukuta,zirconiaimagwiritsidwa ntchito makamaka ngati ufa wopukutira wapamwamba komanso slurry yopukutira. Chifukwa cha kuuma kwake pang'ono (kuuma kwa Mohs pafupifupi 8.5), mphamvu yayikulu yamakina komanso kusagwira bwino ntchito kwa mankhwala, zirconia imatha kukhala yolimba kwambiri pamwamba pomwe ikutsimikizira kuti imagwira ntchito bwino, ndikupeza kumaliza kofanana ndi galasi. Poyerekeza ndi zipangizo zachikhalidwe zopukutira monga aluminiyamu oxide ndi cerium oxide, zirconia imatha kulinganiza bwino kuchuluka kwa zinthu ndi mtundu wa pamwamba panthawi yopukutira, ndipo ndi malo ofunikira kwambiri opangira zinthu molondola kwambiri.
Ufa wopukutira wa Zirconia nthawi zambiri umakhala ndi tinthu tating'onoting'ono tomwe timayendetsedwa pakati pa 0.05μm ndi 1μm, womwe ndi woyenera kupukutira pamwamba pa zinthu zosiyanasiyana zolondola kwambiri. Malo ake ogwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi awa: galasi lowala, magalasi a kamera, galasi lophimba foni yam'manja, magawo a hard disk, magawo a LED safiro, zipangizo zachitsulo zapamwamba (monga titaniyamu, chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, zodzikongoletsera zachitsulo zamtengo wapatali) ndi zipangizo zapamwamba zadothi (monga alumina ceramics, silicon nitride ceramics, ndi zina zotero). Mu ntchito izi,okusayidi ya zirconiumUfa wopukutira ungachepetse bwino zolakwika pamwamba ndikuwongolera magwiridwe antchito a kuwala ndi kukhazikika kwa makina azinthu.
Pofuna kukwaniritsa zofunikira za njira zosiyanasiyana zopukutira,okusayidi ya zirconiumIkhoza kupangidwa kukhala ufa umodzi wopukutira, kapena ikhoza kusakanikirana ndi zipangizo zina zopukutira (monga cerium oxide, aluminium oxide) kuti ipange slurry yopukutira yokhala ndi magwiridwe antchito abwino. Kuphatikiza apo, slurry yopukutira ya zirconium oxide yoyera kwambiri nthawi zambiri imagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa nano-dispersion kuti tinthu tating'onoting'ono timene timafalikira kwambiri mumadzi kuti tipewe kusonkhana, kuonetsetsa kuti njira yopukutira ndi yokhazikika komanso kuti pamwamba pake pakhale kufanana.
Ponseponse, ndi kusintha kosalekeza kwa zofunikira pamtundu wa pamwamba pa ukadaulo wazidziwitso zamagetsi, kupanga kuwala, ndege ndi madera azachipatala apamwamba,okusayidi ya zirconium, monga mtundu watsopano wa zinthu zopukutira zogwira ntchito bwino kwambiri, uli ndi mwayi waukulu wogwiritsidwa ntchito. M'tsogolomu, ndi chitukuko chopitilira cha ukadaulo wopangira makina molondola kwambiri, kugwiritsa ntchito kwaukadaulo kwa zirconium oxide m'munda wopukutira kudzapitirira kuzama, zomwe zikuthandizira kukwaniritsa zosowa zapamwamba zopangira.