Zirconium sponge is used as a raw material for the production of zirconium metal zirconium alloys and high-purity zirconium products used in the nuclear aerospace chemical processing and medical industries.

Its purpose is to provide a high-purity metallic feedstock for the manufacture of corrosion-resistant components nuclear reactor materials specialty alloys and other advanced engineering applications.

Zirconium sponge is a porous high-purity form of metallic zirconium produced by the reduction of zirconium tetrachloride typically through the Kroll process.