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Facts About Dubnium and Niobium


Facts About Niobium and Dubnium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
  • In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
  
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  

Sources
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced   
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research   
Charles Hatchett   

Discovery
In 1968   
In 1801   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
Not Available   
2 * 10-7 %   
22

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.0000004 %   
23

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available   
0.00 %   
35

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.00 %   
25

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
34

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