Niobium For The Aerospace Industry

The aerospace industry is the second largest user of niobium and is the main application area for high-purity niobium. It is mostly used in engines and heat-resistant components of various rockets and spacecraft. It is reported that about 2700kg of niobium is used in the newly designed space shuttle for re-entry to earth, and alloys such as N b210H f are used in the rocket boosters for launching communication satellites, and alloys such as N b-1Zr, which can be used for rocket propulsion control up to the requirement of thousands of starts, are used in the rocket orbital tuning and drag compensation engines, and in the reaction control engines of the spacecrafts, etc. The amount of niobium used in military aircraft is increasing day by day.

The amount of niobium used in military aircraft is increasing day by day, and has now reached an unprecedented level. In the United States, virtually all of the heat-resistant parts of the jet fighter engine are niobium heat-resistant alloys, such as niobium 78kg and titanium 2400kg for each F-15 and F-16 fighter engine, respectively.