Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Niobium. No longer in scientific use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
niobium . - noun In chem., a supposed new element announced in 1879 by J. L. Smith as present in the mineral samarskite: its existence has not been confirmed. Distinct from the previously known element columbium or niobium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called
niobium .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A former name of
niobium /
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a former name for niobium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Possible substitutes for molybdenum as a strengthening alloy in steel include vanadium, chromium, columbium, and boron.
Molybdenum 2008
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These minerals are the principal sources of columbium (commonly called niobium), tantalum and molybdenum metals.
Rhenium 2008
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In the presence of columbium the solution first becomes blue and then changes to a turbid brownish-black
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Thus C stands for carbon, Cl for chlorine, Cd for cadmium, Ce for cerium, Cb for columbium.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The company said that the surcharge is necessary to offset the rapid and unpredictable changes in columbium prices, which is used in the manufacture of some of its specialty alloy products.
unknown title 2011
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The columbium element of the surcharge will be based on the monthly mean value for Ferro Columbium Niobium found on metalprices.com, using a base price of $8.00/lb.
unknown title 2011
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There are five metals, arsenic, molybdena, chrome, tungsten, and columbium, which are susceptible of combining with a sufficient quantity of oxygen to be converted into acids.
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The nozzle material is made of columbium and heats up during the test causing the color change.
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The nozzle material is made of columbium and heats up during the test causing the color change.
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Materials classified as carbon steel might also contain small amounts of other elements, such as chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, vanadium, niobium (columbium), phosphorous, and sulfur.
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