High Purity Niobium
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Niobium

 

MATERIAL OVERVIEW

Characteristics: Gray or silvery, ductile metal; does not tarnish or oxidize at room temperature. Reacts with oxygen and halogens only when heated. Less corrosion-resistant than tantalum at high temperature. Not attacked by nitric acid up to 100 °C, but vigorously attacked by mixture of nitric and hydrofluoric acids. Hot, concentrated hydrochloric, sulfuric, and phosphoric acids attack it, but hot, concentrated nitric acid does not. Unaffected at room temperature by most acids and by aqua regia. It is attacked by alkaline solutions to some extent at all temperatures.

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NIOBIUM VIDEO CLIPS

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Niobium Metal Sheet and Foil 
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Niobium Metal Around a Tube 
Niobium Metal Tube
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Niobium Metal Bending and Folding 


GENERAL PROPERTIES

Symbol:

Nb

Atomic Number:

41

Atomic Weight:

92.9064

Density:

8.57 gm/cc

Melting Point:

2468 oC

Boiling Point:

4742 oC

Thermal Conductivity:

0.537 W/cm/K @ 298.2 K

Electrical Resistivity:

12.5 microhm-cm @ 0 oC

Electronegativity:

1.6 Paulings

Specific Heat:

0.064 Cal/g/K @ 25 oC

Heat of Vaporization:

-

Heat of Fusion:

6.5 Cal/gm mole

 

 

 

 

TYPICAL ANALYSES

Impurities in ppm

Material / Purity:

2N5 3N
Fe 100 30
Ni 175 50
Si 30 10
Sn <100 <50
Ta 500 300
W <100 <50

 

NIOBIUM WIRE

Material

Purity

Niobium Wire .001”
2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .002" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .003" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .004" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .005" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .006" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .007" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .008" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .009" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .010" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .015" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .020" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .025" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .030" camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .040" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .050" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .062" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .070" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .080" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Wire .090" 2N8, 3N

Wire is spooled to order and sold by the foot or meter. Additional diameters are available upon request. Call or e-mail for a quotation.

 

NIOBIUM ROD

 

Material

Purity

Niobium Rod .0625” camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Rod .125”   camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Rod .250”   camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Rod .500”   camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Rod .625”   camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Rod .750” 2N8, 3N
Niobium Rod 1” 2N8, 3N

Rod is cut to order and sold by the inch or foot. Addiotional diameters are available upon request. Call or e-mail for a quotation.

 

NIOBIUM FOIL

 

Material

Purity

Niobium Foil .001” 2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .002”  camera1  camera1  camera1  
2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .003”  camera1  camera1  camera1   
2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .004”  camera1  camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .005”  camera1  camera1  camera1 2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .006” 2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .007”  camera1  camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .008”  camera1  camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Foil .009” 
2N8, 3N

Foil is cut to order and sold by the square inch or square foot. Additional thicknesses are available upon request. Call or e-mail for a quotation.

 

NIOBIUM SHEET

 

Material

Purity

Niobium Sheet .010”  camera1  camera1  camera1
2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .015" 2N8, 3n
Niobium Sheet .020" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .025" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .030"  camera1  camera1  camera1 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .040"  camera1  camera1  camera1 
2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .050" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .060"  camera1  camera1  camera1   2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .062" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .080" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .125"
2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .250" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .375" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .500" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .625" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet .750" 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sheet 1" 2N8, 3N

Additional sheet thicknesses are available in increments of .001”.  Call or email for a quotation.
Sheet is cut to order and sold by the square inch or square foot.

 

NIOBIUM SPUTTERING TARGETS

 

Material Purity
Niobium Sputtering Target 2"D X .125"T 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sputtering Target 2"D X .250"T 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sputtering Target 3"D X .125"T 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sputtering Target 3"D X .250"T 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sputtering Target 4"D X .125"T 2N8, 3N
Niobium Sputtering Target 4"D X .250"T 2N8, 3N

Additional sizes available upon request.


 

NIOBIUM POWDER, SHOT, PELLETS, & INGOT

 

Material

Purity

Niobium Pellets  .125"D X .125"L  camera1  camera1  2N8, 3N
Niobium Pellets .250"D X .250"L 2N8, 3N
Niobium Ingot 2N8, 3N
Niobium Powder-100 Mesh 2N8, 3N
Niobium Powder-325 Mesh 2N8, 3N

Powder, shot, pellets, and ingots are packaged to order and sold by the gram or kilogram.

 

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS

 

Material

Purity

 

Niobium Boride NbB2  -325 Mesh 2N5
Niobium Carbide NbC  -325 Mesh 2N5
Niobium Carbide Nb2C  -325 Mesh 2N5
Niobium Nitride NbN  -325 Mesh 2N5
Niobium Oxide Nb2O5  1/2" to 1/8" Pieces 3N5
Niobium Oxide Nb2O5  -325 Mesh 2N5, 3N5
Niobium Silicide NbSi2  -325 Mesh 2N5

Compounds are packaged to order and sold by the gram or kilogram.

 

 

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