Atomic Number: 41
Melting point: 2477°C
Boiling point: 4741°C
Relative atomic mass: 92.906
Niobium is a silver metal that is very resistant to corrosion. Niobium is used in alloys including stainless steel. Alloys containing niobium are used in jet engines and rockets, beams and girders for buildings and oil rigs, and oil and gas pipelines.
Use this post to discuss your sample or to give any opinions on Niobium. Next week's element will be molybdenum. Have a good week!
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Hello all, new to posting but have been a forever lurker. I told myself I'd restrict myself from posting until I had something worth sharing. Today is that day. This will be my first DD so naturally, please do NOT hold back
Saw this headline in Reuter's > Brazilian mining company CBMM hopes to sell some 45 000 tons of niobium oxide by 2030, turbocharging growth from just 100 t this year, targeting demand from electric vehicle makers
Sounded pretty interesting. Here is some DD on how to ride this wave while supporting local business.
TLDR: boys up North opening another mine. natives onboard. 0 competition. 76mn market cap aka $1 for your own personal tonne of niobium
What the hell is Niobium? > The leading use of niobium is the production of steel alloys used in pipelines, transportation infrastructure, and structural applications. Electronic capacitors are the leading use of tantalum for cell phones, computer hard drives, and medical devices as pacemakers. Niobium and tantalum are considered critical and strategic metals based on the significant effects that a restriction in supply would have on the defense, energy, high-tech industrial, and medical sectors.
It can make steel (mostly steel), glass, aluminum, etc. stronger and more efficient. About 90% of the usage worldwide is for this purpose. The play here is that technology is being developed that will allow it to be added to batteries (in the form of Niobium Titanium Oxide) for faster charging and better power retention.
Toshiba is one big player testing Niobium tech out with their SCiB battery.
> [NTO (niobium titanium oxide) makes it possible to increase the traveling distance of electric vehicles and electrify new mobility...] (https://www.global.toshiba/content/toshiba/ww/products-solutions/battery/scib/next/nto/_jcr_content/root/contentsArea/mainarea/image_copy_copy_copy.coreimg.png/1606265437718/nto--image3.png)
Niobium outperforms all the other mainstream Lithium based technologies. NCA,NMC,LMO,LFP, etc. you name it Niobium will crush them all. It is increasingly being applied to Lithium-ion materials to improve their efficiency.
Current Players and the Market for Niobium
CBMM is the biggest player in the world currently out of Brazil. They are supplying BAC (Briggs Auto Company) with steel/niobium alloy. They have extremely strong support (especially to tear down the Amazon) from
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hello all! I made an anodized niobium bracelet about two months ago and have worn it almost constantly since. I have noticed that the colors have significantly dulled since it was made, so much so that the blue rings now look almost gray. I typically take it off before showering, but have forgotten to do so once. Is there any particular cause to the niobium dulling? And if so how can I mitigate it or polish the metal back to the way it used to look?
sry i feel so dumb but i literally cannot find it anywhere ....
