What Is The Role And Use Of Niobium

1,Medical field

Niobium has good anti-physiological corrosion and biocompatibility, will not interact with various liquid substances in the human body, and almost no damage to biological tissues, for any sterilization methods can be adapted to, and is often used in the manufacture of bone plates, skull plate bone screws, implanted tooth roots, surgical appliances and so on.
2,Electronic industry

Niobate ceramics can be used to make capacitors, lithium niobate, potassium niobate and other compounds of single crystal is a new type of optoelectronics and electronics with crystals, with good piezoelectricity, thermoelectricity and optical properties, is widely used in infrared, laser technology and electronics industry. In addition, niobium has a high melting point, a strong ability to emit electrons, and has the ability to absorb gas, which can be used to make electron tubes and other electric vacuum devices.

3,Atomic energy industry

Niobium has good thermal conductivity, high melting point, good corrosion resistance, and low neutron capture cross-section, is a very suitable material for atomic energy reactors. The main uses of niobium in the atomic energy industry include: nuclear fuel jacket materials, alloys for nuclear fuel, and structural materials for heat exchangers in nuclear reactors.
4. Superconducting materials

Some compounds and alloys of industrial niobium have high superconducting transition temperatures, and thus are widely used in the manufacture of various industrial superconductors, such as superconducting generators, gas pedal high-power magnets, superconducting magnetic energy storage devices, magnetic resonance imaging equipment and so on. Currently, the most important superconductor materials are niobium-titanium and niobium-tin, which are widely used in magnetic resonance imagers for medical diagnosis and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machines for spectral line (analysis).
5,Aerospace industry

The aerospace industry is the main application of high-purity niobium, mainly used in the production of rockets, airship engines and heat-resistant components. Niobium and tantalum heat-strengthened alloys have good heat-strengthened properties, heat-resistant properties and processing performance, widely used in the manufacture of aircraft engine parts, gas turbine blades. Niobium alloys are used in almost all hot parts of jet fighter engines in the United States.