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  The story of Niobium is strange. It was first delivered to England in an ore by John Winthrop the Younger. Years later, Charles Hatchet discovered that it was a new element, Niobium.

Charles Hatchet named Niobium after Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus, a mythical king. He discovered Niobium in 1801.

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Characteristics of Niobium:

Solid at room temperature

Melting Point: 2477°C

Boiling Point: 4744°C

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  Niobium is used in jewelry, in some stainless steels, alloys with nonferrous metals, superconductive magnets, welding rods and body piercings.

Niobium is of the Transitional Metal Family

and obviously, therefore, is a metal.

Fun Facts:

 Niobium is not radioactive, and has a density of 8.57g/CC. It is normally light gray and has no odor. It has a shell structure of 2.8.18.12.1.  
 

1. Tantalum and Niobium are always found together, and they are very hard to isolate.

 

 

 2. Niobium is often used for body piercings because when it is exposed to room temperature air  for too long, it turns blue.

 

  3. Niobium in some ways is just  some characteristics of other       elements all mixed into on element. It has many of the same characteristics of tantalum and molybdenum.

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