Columbite is the ore of niobium, which is used in steels and high strength alloys. From Wordnik.com. [Lounge of the Lab Lemming] Reference
Columbium (also called niobium), like vanadium, is generally considered to increase the hardenability of steel. From Wordnik.com. [CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries] Reference
These minerals are the principal sources of columbium (commonly called niobium), tantalum and molybdenum metals. From Wordnik.com. [Rhenium] Reference
Lance Cooley of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is working with a metallic element called niobium to create the next generation of high-energy physics experiments. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Tantalum is mostly found with the element niobium. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
Just as interesting, there is niobium, used to make superconducting steel. From Wordnik.com. [The Taliban: World's Next Minerals Superpower] Reference
When zirconium is alloyed (mixed) with the element niobium, it becomes superconductive. From Wordnik.com. [Zirconium] Reference
I gave Joanna the Macrodur corporate niobium credit card that I'd found waiting for me on the hopper's instrument console. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
Instead of a Rampart corporate card he carried a personal niobium Amex — which means Be Very Nice to Me, I Have Unlimited Credit. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
He handed me three small plastic rectangles, niobium Rampart credit cards made out in the names of Helmut Icicle, Matilde Gregoire, and Karl Nazarian. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
And that, Mike happened to know, was the density of a cryotronic brain, which is 90 per cent liquid helium and 10 per cent tantalum and niobium, by volume. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
Greenland fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron and diamond mining; handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Industries: fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron and diamond mining; handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Strong niobium sales of 4.3 million kilograms and operating margin. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
The wire is made up of surgival stainless steel, niobium or titanium. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
King says AVX has a niobium solution scheduled for release in the second quarter. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Operating margin per kilogram of niobium at the Niobec mine is a non-GAAP measure. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
Strong sales of niobium, a chemical element used in steel production, also lifted results. From Wordnik.com. [WTOP / Business / Biz Stories]
The residue may consist of unremoved silica, and oxides of tantalum, niobium, and, perhaps, chromium. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
Numerous new tantalum-niobium projects are in the pipeline and several would be very large producers. From Wordnik.com. [MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire] Reference
The oxide of niobium dissolved in a bead of microcosmic salt gives a bluish colour in the reducing flame. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
The nickel-base superalloys contain precipitation-hardening elements like aluminum, niobium and titanium. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
The nickel-base superalloys contain precipitation-hardening elements like aluminum, niobium, and titanium. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Crevier Minerals Inc. which owns an NI 43-101 niobium-tantalum resource in the Lac-Saint-Jean area of Quebec. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Revenue for the full year increased as a result of higher realized niobium prices and increased sales volumes. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
The purpose of the program was to investigate the rare earth element (REE) and niobium potential of the property. From Wordnik.com. [Resource Investor - Main Content Feed] Reference
When highly pure, niobium also efficiently sheds any heat generated at flaws and defects to its cryogenic coolant. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The corresponding group consists of nitrogen, vanadium and niobium; they are triatomic, paramagnetic, and negative. From Wordnik.com. [Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements] Reference
Some capacitor makers are eyeing niobium as a possible replacement material for some low voltage tantalum applications. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Cooley works with niobium cooled to 2 Kelvin (minus-455. 8 degrees Fahrenheit) to maximize its superconducting characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Anomalous copper, niobium, strontium, titanium, phosphorus and tantalum from the first drill program will also be investigated. From Wordnik.com. [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference
The test magnet will be based on niobium-tin technology and will exert a field of up to 15 T across the height of the aperture. From Wordnik.com. [Next Big Future] Reference
Globe is currently developing a niobium, uranium, tantalum and zircon project outside the region with restrictions under the act. From Wordnik.com. [Resource Investor - Main Content Feed] Reference
The annual production rate in these studies was set at 4,370 tonnes of ferroniobium or 6.3 million pounds of payable niobium product. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
Operating margin per kilogram of niobium is defined as revenues net of mining costs for niobium divided by the sales volume of niobium. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
Iamgold's gold reserves up by 17%, niobium reserves up by 32% today announced its 2009 year-end mineral reserve and resource statement. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Capital Gold Reports 64% Gain in Net Income for Fiscal 2009] Reference
Then there is tantalum, which has good temperature and corrosion resistance and is used in a variety of superalloys, along with niobium. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Called LD1, the test magnet will be based on niobium-tin technology and will exert a field of up to 15 T across the height of the aperture. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
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