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Niobium

Niobium Element:

Niobium is also known as columbium, is a chemical element and it is a member of group 5 and period 5 in the periodic table. The atomic number of niobium is 41 and it is indicated by symbol is Nb. It is a soft, grey and ductile transition metal. Niobium is the 34th most common element in the Earth’s crust with 20 ppm. Nb can occur in combination with other elements in minerals and cannot found free in nature.  93Nb is the one stable isotope of niobium.

Uses Of Niobium Element:

  • Niobium is used with iron and other elements in stainless steel alloys. Alloys containing niobium are used in rockets and jet engines and oil and gas pipelines.
  • It is also used in making jewellery.

Niobium

Niobium Element Information:

Discovery year:1801

Discovered by: Charles Hatchett

Atomic number: 41

Relative atomic mass: 92.906  

Electron configuration: [Kr] 4d4 5s1

Block: d-block

Other elements in the same block:

Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Yttrium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, LanthanumHafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Actinium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium and  Copernicium are the elements in the same block.

Period: period 5

Other elements in the same period:

Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Indium, Tin, Antimony, Tellurium, Iodine and Xenon

Group: group 5

Other elements in the same group:

Vanadium, Tantalum and Dubnium are the elements in the same group.

Other elements in the same orbital:

Yttrium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver and Cadmium are the elements in the same orbital.

Allotropes: none

Key isotopes: 93Nb 

Melting point: 2477°C, 4491°F, 2750 K

Boiling point: 4741°C, 8566°F, 5014 K 

Element category: transition metal

Density (g cm−3): 8.57

CAS number: 7440-03-1 

Color: gray metallic       

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