zirconio- Chem.,
(zəˈkəʊnɪəʊ)
also zircono-, and abbreviated zirco-,
combining form of zirconium, indicating the presence of zirconium in a compound, as zircon(i)ofluoride, a compound of zirconium fluoride, ZrF4, with any of various oxides (more properly fluozirconate: see fluo-).
| 1868 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 10) 383 Double salts, called zircofluorides or fluozirconates. 1894 Muir & Morley Watts' Dict. Chem. IV. 859/1 Combinations... With various metallic fluorides... These salts are often called zircono-fluorides, or fluo-zirconates; they are better named zirconi-fluorides. |