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Niobium

Niobium is a shiny grey, ductile metal that takes on a bluish tinge when exposed to air at room temperature for extended periods.
 
Niobium has a number of uses: it is a component of some stainless steels and an alloy of other nonferrous metals. These alloys are strong and are often used in pipe-line construction. The metal has a low capture cross-section for thermal neutrons and so finds use in the nuclear industries. It is also the metal used in arc welding rods for some stabilized grades of stainless steel.
  
Appreciable amounts of niobium in the form of high-purity ferroniobium and nickel niobium are used in nickel-, cobalt-, and iron-base superalloys for such applications as jet engine components, rocket subassemblies, and heat-resisting and combustion equipment. Niobium becomes a super-conductor when lowered to cryogenic temperatures. Niobium's chemical properties are almost identical to the chemical properties of tantalum, which appears below niobium in the periodic table.

The H.C. Starck product program covers different Niobium machined parts and fabrications

as well as Niobium powder chemicals and compositions

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