Hafnium

The video below gives facts about Hafnium the element number 72 in the Periodic Table of elements. The chemical element Hafnium has chemical symbol Hf. The name Hafnium comes from the Latin word, Hafnia which means Copenhagen.

Properties of Hafnium the element

Hafnium the element is a silvery, metallic element with atomic number 72 and the relative atomic mass of Hafnium is 178.49.

Halfnium element number 72

How is Hafnium used?

The chemical element Halfnium is used in the control rod of nuclear reactors because the element Hafnium absorbs neutrons better than most metals. You may have heard of Hafnium nucleonic reactor. Another use of Hafnium is for light bulb filaments.

How was Hafnium discovered?

The discovery of Hafnium dated to 1923 when the Dutch physicist, Dirk Coster, and Hungarian chemist, Georg von Hevesy, named this newly discovered element and named it after the city of Copenhagen where Hafnium was discovered.

Video showing the properties, history and discovery, and other facts on the chemical element Hafnium