Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salt of niobic acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) Same as columbate.

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  • noun chemistry any salt, XNbO3 of the weak niobic acid
  • noun chemistry the univalent anion NbO3-

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Examples

  • Frequency doubling is an old trick, but Novalux cut costs by using crystals of lithium niobate, which is found in all cell phones.

    Lasers Project the Big Picture 2006

  • Exotic materials such as yttrium silver (a metallic compound that manages to be both ductile and strong at the same time) and lithium niobate (which does all manner of weird things to light) are fascinating regardless of whether they might be some sort of real-world equivalents of mithril or the palantirs.

    The Science of Middle Earth, by Henry Gee. Book review Carla 2009

  • Exotic materials such as yttrium silver (a metallic compound that manages to be both ductile and strong at the same time) and lithium niobate (which does all manner of weird things to light) are fascinating regardless of whether they might be some sort of real-world equivalents of mithril or the palantirs.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Carla 2009

  • Central to the success of the nanowire light source are the exceptional nonlinear optical properties of potassium niobate.

    Future for Nano-sized Light Source | Impact Lab 2007

  • In this paper, the researchers describe a technique in which nanowires of potassium niobate were synthesized in a special hot water solution and separated using ultrasound.

    Future for Nano-sized Light Source | Impact Lab 2007

  • They are probably present in the form of columbite, a niobate of iron and manganese; and tantalite, a tantalate of the same metals.

    A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886

  • The material consists of potassium, tantalum, and niobate, along with some impurities of copper and lithium.

    Ars Technica Chris Lee 2011

  • The material consists of potassium, tantalum, and niobate, along with some impurities of copper and lithium.

    Ars Technica Chris Lee 2011

  • Just in front of the receiver, they mounted a crystal of strontium barium niobate (SBN), a material that belongs to a class of substances known as

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • From a technical point of view, identifying blood tantalite and niobate minerals should be much easier than dealing with diamonds.

    Lounge of the Lab Lemming Chuck 2010

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