niobium
noun
ni·o·bi·um
nī-ˈō-bē-əm 
: a lustrous light gray ductile metallic element that resembles tantalum chemically and is used in alloys see Chemical Elements Table
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These materials include the rare earth metals graphite, niobium, platinum group metals, molybdenum, tantalum and titanium.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Greenland has substantial reserves of metals like lithium, niobium, and zirconium, which are used for producing batteries, as well as rare earth elements that are considered vital for the green energy transition, but which China currently enjoys a near monopoly over.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
So, the team at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA grew sapphire crystal tubes to suspend the wiring and made the wires from niobium.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
Velasquez, a geological researcher at the Universidad de Chile explains that his research aims to understand how niobium is transported on a geological scale and how it is deposited in the Earth's crust, which is key to knowing where to look for it now.
—Andrew Wight, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Greenland has substantial reserves of metals like lithium, niobium, and zirconium, which are used for producing batteries, as well as rare earth elements that are considered vital for the green energy transition, but which China currently enjoys a near monopoly over.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
So, the team at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA grew sapphire crystal tubes to suspend the wiring and made the wires from niobium.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
Velasquez, a geological researcher at the Universidad de Chile explains that his research aims to understand how niobium is transported on a geological scale and how it is deposited in the Earth's crust, which is key to knowing where to look for it now.
—Andrew Wight, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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niobium
noun
ni·o·bi·um
nī-ˈō-bē-əm
: a shiny gray metallic element used in alloys see element
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niobium
noun
ni·o·bi·um
nī-ˈō-bē-əm
: a lustrous light gray ductile metallic element that resembles tantalum chemically and is used in alloys
—symbol Nb
called also columbium
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