Uses of Niobium

       Niobium has various uses:

• It is used in arc-welding rods for stabilizing the different forms of stainless steel. 
•   Larger amounts of niobium are used in advanced air frame systems.  
• Due to niobium’s super conductive properties, super conductive magnets have been made with niobium-zinc wire.  (This use of niobium as a super conductive magnet has suggested that niobium can possibly be used in the future for direct large-scale generation of electric power ("Molecule Man's Cyber-rific Periodic Table of Elements")
•  Because it does not react with uranium and how it does not corrode, Niobium has been used in nuclear reactors. 
• Along with titanium, Niobium is frequently used in pacemakers, artificial joints, and dental implants.
• Some earrings are hung from niobium wires ("What is Niobium")

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