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The Central Police Service (ZDPol) of the state of Brandenburg is the central service and administrative facility of the police. The main tasks of the ZDPol include the procurement and maintenance of emergency vehicles, weapons, and technical equipment. Furthermore, the ZDPol is responsible for the police's telecommunications and data processing technology. In addition, the ZDPol assumes tasks such as construction and property management, the explosive ordnance disposal service, and the Central Fines Office.
Zirconium
Zirconium is a chemical element with the symbol Zr and atomic number 40. It belongs to the transition metals and is a lustrous, gray, strong metal that occurs naturally mainly in the form of minerals such as zircon and baddeleyite. Zirconium was discovered in 1789 by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth.