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Niobium
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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

Nb

1.2 Group Number

5
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Gadolinium
0 17

1.3 Period Number

5
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Lithium
2 7

1.4 Block

d block

1.5 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.6 CAS Number

7440031
Rank: 76 (Overall)
Aluminium
7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

Im_ 3m

1.8 Space Group Number

229.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Plutonium
11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).

2.2 Sources

By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Charles Hatchett

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1801

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

2 * 10-7 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Thallium
5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.0000004 %
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

0.00 %
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Gold
1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.00 %
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Radium
1E-13 1.4

3 Uses

3.1 Uses & Benefits

  • Niobium alloys are used in jet engines and rockets and spacecraft, beams and girders for buildings and oil and gas pipelines.
  • It is used superconducting magnets in particles accelerators, NMR and MRI equipment.

3.1.1 Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

3.1.2 Medical Uses

NA

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Low Toxic

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

3.2.3 In Blood

0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Plutonium
0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

0.07 p.p.m.
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Plutonium
0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

2,468.00 °C
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Francium
27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

2,468.00 °C
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Flerovium
147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Gray

4.3.3 Luster

Metallic

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

6.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cesium
0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

735.00 MPa
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Cesium
0.14 3490

4.4.3 Vickers Hardness

870.00 MPa
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Palladium
121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

3,480.00 m/s
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Thallium
818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229

4.6.2 Reflectivity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
58 97

4.7 Allotropes

6% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

4.7.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

5 Chemical

5.1 Chemical Formula

Nb

5.2 Isotopes

5.2.1 Known Isotopes

17
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Tennessine
0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

1.60
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Francium
0.7 2.54

5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

1.42
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Cesium
0.22 2.56

5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.23
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Cesium
0.86 1.82

5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
0.62 2.48

5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity

1.41
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Cesium
0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

2.40
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Gold
1.46 3.3

5.5 Ionization Energies

5.5.1 1st Energy Level

652.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Cesium
375.7 26130

5.5.2 2nd Energy Level

1,380.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750

5.5.3 3rd Energy Level

2,416.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Osmium
1600 34230

5.5.4 4th Energy Level

3,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Thorium
2780 37066

5.5.5 5th Energy Level

4,877.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Dubnium
4305.2 97510

5.5.6 6th Energy Level

9,847.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800

5.5.7 7th Energy level

12,100.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bohrium
7226.8 114300

5.5.8 8th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Hassium
8857.4 125300

5.5.9 9th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
14110 134700

5.5.10 10th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Strontium
17100 144300

5.5.11 11th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
19900 169988

5.5.12 12th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
22219 189368

5.5.13 13th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
26930 76015

5.5.14 14th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
29196 86450

5.5.15 15th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Manganese
41987 97510

5.5.16 16th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Iron
47206 109480

5.5.17 17th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cobalt
52737 122200

5.5.18 18th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Nickel
58570 134810

5.5.19 19th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Copper
64702 148700

5.5.20 20th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
80400 171200

5.5.21 21st Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
87000 179100

5.5.22 22nd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
93400 184900

5.5.23 23rd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
98420 198800

5.5.24 24th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
104400 195200

5.5.25 25th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
121900 121900

5.5.26 26th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
127700 127700

5.5.27 27th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
133800 133800

5.5.28 28th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
139800 139800

5.5.29 29th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
148100 148100

5.5.30 30th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
154500 154500

5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

0.69 g/amp-hr
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209

5.7 Electron Work Function

4.30 eV
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Cesium
2.14 5.65

5.8 Other Chemical Properties

Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility

6 Atomic

6.1 Atomic Number

41
Rank: 71 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.2 Electron Configuration

[Kr] 4d4 5s1

6.3 Crystal Structure

Body Centered Cubic (BCC)

6.3.1 Crystal Lattice

6.4 Atom

6.4.1 Number of Protons

41
Rank: 70 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.4.2 Number of Neutrons

52
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Lithium
4 184

6.4.3 Number of Electrons

41
Rank: 70 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.5 Radius of an Atom

6.5.1 Atomic Radius

146.00 pm
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Beryllium
112 265

6.5.2 Covalent Radius

164.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Beryllium
96 260

6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius

200.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Zinc
139 348

6.6 Atomic Weight

92.91 amu
Rank: 65 (Overall)
Lithium
6.94 294

6.7 Atomic Volume

10.87 cm3/mol
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Manganese
1.39 71.07

6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

6.8.1 Previous Element

6.8.2 Next Element

6.9 Valence Electron Potential

104.00 (-eV)
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Francium
8 392.42

6.10 Lattice Constant

330.04 pm
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Beryllium
228.58 891.25

6.11 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Beryllium
1.567 1.886

7 Mechanical

7.1 Density

7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

8.57 g/cm3
Rank: 48 (Overall)
Lithium
0.534 40.7

7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Lithium
0.512 20

7.2 Tensile Strength

330.00 MPa
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Indium
2.5 11000

7.3 Viscosity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526

7.4 Vapor Pressure

7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121

7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774

7.5 Elasticity properties

7.5.1 Shear Modulus

38.00 GPa
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Potassium
1.3 222

7.5.2 Bulk Modulus

170.00 GPa
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Cesium
1.6 462

7.5.3 Young's Modulus

105.00 GPa
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Cesium
1.7 528

7.6 Poisson Ratio

0.40
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.032 0.47

7.7 Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

8 Magnetic

8.1 Magnetic Characteristics

8.1.1 Specific Gravity

8.57
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Lithium
0.53 4500

8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

8.1.3 Permeability

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063

8.1.4 Susceptibility

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000

8.2 Electrical Properties

8.2.1 Electrical Property

Conductor

8.2.2 Resistivity

152.00 nΩ·m
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Thallium
0.18 961

8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.07 106/cm Ω
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63

8.2.4 Electron Affinity

86.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Mercury
0 222.8

9 Thermal

9.1 Specific Heat

0.26 J/(kg K)
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Americium
0.11 3.6

9.2 Molar Heat Capacity

24.60 J/mol·K
Rank: 50 (Overall)
Beryllium
16.443 62.7

9.3 Thermal Conductivity

53.70 W/m·K
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Neptunium
6.3 429

9.4 Critical Temperature

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Ytterbium
26.3 3223

9.5 Thermal Expansion

7.30 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 48 (Overall)
Tungsten
4.5 97

9.6 Enthalpy

9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

696.60 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Zinc
7.32 799.1

9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

27.20 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cesium
2.1 35.23

9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

745.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Mercury
61.5 837

9.7 Standard Molar Entropy

36.40 J/mol.K
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Beryllium
9.5 198.1