Niobium (Nb)

Description

Niobium is a rare metal with a high melting point, silvery gray color, soft texture, and good ductility. The density of niobium is 8.57g / cm³, the melting point is 2477 ° C, and the boiling point is 4744 ° C. Thanks to its good superconductivity, high melting-point, corrosion resistance and wear resistance, niobium is widely used in productions and everyday life.

Niobium Applications 

• Niobium consumption is dominated by its use as additive to high strength low alloy steel and stainless steel for oil and gas pipelines, car and truck bodies, architectural requirements, tool steels, ships hulls, railroad tracks. However, there are a number of other applications for niobium metal and its compounds.
• In superconductor industry, the most important superconductor materials are niobium-titanium and niobium-tin, which are widely used in medical diagnostic magnetic resonance imagers and nuclear magnetic resonance instruments, superconducting generators, superconducting magnetic energy storage devices, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging equipment, and so on.
• In defense and aerospace industries,​high-purity Niobium and tantalum alloy is mainly used in the production of rockets, spacecraft engines and heat-resistant components. The heat-strength alloys are also widely used in the manufacture of aero-engine parts and gas turbine blades. This Niobium alloyis used in the thermal components of almost all jet fighter engines.
• In atomic energy industry, Niobium It is a very suitable material for atomic energy reactors and jacket materials for nuclear fuel, alloys for nuclear fuel, and structural materials for heat exchangers in nuclear reactors.
• In the optoelectronics and electronics industries, they are widely used in infrared, laser technology and electronic devices
• In medical industry, Niobium is often used in the manufacture of bone plates, skull plate bone screws, dental implant roots, surgical appliances and the like.
• In the chemical industry, niobium is a high-quality material resistant to acids and liquid metals. It can be used to make cookers, heaters, coolers, etc.
• In the foundry industry, Niobium is used to form hard carbides (good for wear) and to change the shape and size of graphite sheets, so it is often used in the manufacture of automobile cylinder heads, piston rings, and brake pads. In addition, niobium is sometimes used with gold and silver on commemorative coins.
• In the optical industry, Niobium is also used in the manufacture of lenses. an alloy of niobium and 1% zirconium can be used to make a precise bracket for high-efficiency and high-strength sodium vapor street lamps.

Niobium Product List

American GMG provides high quality Niobium metal with purity up to 99.99% and its alloys as well as their related products as the following:

• Niobium metal, bars, rods, plates, tubes, foils, wires, disks, powders, evaporation materials and sputtering targets, metallic powder, other customized Niobium products and machined parts.
• Niobium monoxide (Niobium(II) oxide) NbO, Niobium dioxide (Niobium(IV) oxide), NbO₂, and Niobium pentoxide (Niobium(V) oxide) (Nb₂O₅) and other customized Niobium chemicals.
• Niobium alloys such as Niobium-Tantalum, Niobium-Titanium, Niobium-Tin, ferroniobium & nickel-niobium, Niobium-Zirconium and other Niobium alloys and its alloy products and machined parts or semi-finished and finished parts, custom sizes, and custom grades.

Specifications
For Niobium (Nb) metal and its related products, we have them with the following:

Metal Name	Niobium (Nb) metal and its related products
Purity	Up to 99.99% (4N)
Products Types	All types
Machined Parts	Based on drawings

 

If you are in need of Niobium (Nb) metal and its related products, please contact us for details at sales@american-gmg.com.