Koj paub dab tsi txog niobium? Cov hlau no yog siv nyob rau hauv ob peb qhov kev lag luam rau cov ntawv thov tshwj xeeb thiab tsis muaj kev hloov pauv zoo. Niobium xav tau rau kev tsim cov tsheb, nkoj, vaj tse, computers, superconducting hlau nplaum, cov cuab yeej siv tshuab siab thiab ntau dua. Qhov xav tau rau nws pheej nce siab hauv cov sijhawm niaj hnub no. Uas tau hais tias, it’s not exactly ubiquitous when it comes to finding it on Earth.
Niobium Mining Industry
Did you know, for instance, that the U.S. has no niobium mining industry and has to import 100% of its niobium source materials for processing, mostly from Brazil and Canada? There is an exception, ho, and that’s when small amounts of niobium are recovered from alloy scrap.
Naming History
Niobium was originally called columbium but then renamed niobium after Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus, a Greek mythological figure. Nws yog thawj zaug 'tshawb pom' thaum ntxov xyoo 1800, thiab cov npe columbium thiab niobium tau ob qho tib si siv los txheeb xyuas cov ntsiab lus no txog ntua 1949, uas yog thaum International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry txiav txim siab los txais yuav niobium ua lub npe raug cai.
Niobium Production
Hauv Asmeskas. qee qhov kev tsim khoom niobium mine tau ua tiav thaum ntxov xyoo 1900, tab sis petered tawm nyob rau hauv lub lig 1950s. Li ntawd,, lub U.S.. tau import nws feem ntau los ntawm Brazil, txawm hais tias Canada, Russia thiab lub teb chaws Yelemees kuj tsim nws. Yog hais tias koj yuav nug, 'Qhov twg yog lub ntiaj teb no tus thawj xa khoom ntawm niobium?'?ces cov lus teb yog feem ntau twv yuav raug hu Brazil, tsev rau txog 90% ntawm lub ntiaj teb no mov. Loj deposits tshwm sim nyob rau hauv lig Cretaceous carbonatite complexes muaj, nrog rau qhov loj tshaj plaws Brazilian kev khiav hauj lwm deposit yog lub npe hu ua Araxá deposit. Nyob rau hauv Canada, there’s the Niobec Mine in Quebec, and it’s the only operating underground niobium mine in the world.
Niobium Properties
Niobium has relatively low density, a high melting point and superconductor properties. Because of these properties, it’s quite “in demand” around the world for many industrial and manufacturing uses.
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