{"id":2792,"date":"2026-10-29T06:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:03:37","slug":"niobium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/niobium\/","title":{"rendered":"Element | Niobium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Niobium is a soft, gray transition metal valued for its superconducting properties and ability to strengthen steel when alloyed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Properties of Niobium<\/strong> | It commonly exhibits a +5 oxidation state, has good corrosion resistance and contributes to high temperature strength in alloys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses of Niobium<\/strong> | Found in minerals such as columbite and pyrochlore, niobium is used in superalloys, superconducting magnets and specialty steels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isotopes of Niobium<\/strong> | Stable isotope Nb 93 predominates; niobium metal is of low toxicity though fine powders require handling controls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ductile transition metal used in superalloys and superconductors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elemental-table"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5932,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions\/5932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}