Niobium Oxide is a highly insoluble thermally stable Hafnium source suitable for glass, optic and ceramic applications. Oxide compounds are not conductive to electricity. However, certain perovskite structured oxides are electronically conductive finding application in the cathode of solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen generation systems. They are compounds containing at least oneoxygen anion and one metallic cation. They are typically insoluble in aqueous solutions (water) and extremely stable making them useful in ceramic structures as simple as producing clay bowls to advanced electronics and in light weight structural components in aerospace and electrochemical applications such as fuel cells in which they exhibit ionic conductivity. Metal oxide compounds are basic anhydrides and can therefore react with acids and with strong reducing agents in redox reactions. Niobium Oxide is also available in pellets, pieces, powder, sputtering targets, tablets, andnanopowder (from American Elements' nanoscale production facilities).
See Nanotechnology for more nanotechnology applications information. Niobium Oxide is generally immediately available in most volumes. Ultra high purity and high purity compositions improve both optical quality and usefulness as scientific standards. Nanoscale (See also Nanotechnology Information and Quantum Dots) elemental powders and suspensions, as alternative high surface area forms, may be considered. Additional technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available.
Niobium is a Block D, Group 5, Period 5 element. The number of electrons in each of Niobium's shells is 2, 8, 18, 12, 1 and its electronic configuration is [Kr] 4d4 5s1. In its elemental form niobium's CAS number is 7440-03-1. The niobium atom has a radius of 142.9.pm and it's Van der Waals radius is 200.pm. Some niobium compounds are considered very toxic. Niobium is the basis for various barium titanate compositions used as dielectric coatings in telecommunications and small advanced electronics, such as cell phones, pagers and laptop computers. Niobium is available as metal and compounds with purities from 99% to 99.999% (ACS grade to ultra-high purity); metals in the form of foil, sputtering target, and rod, and compounds as submicron and nanopowder. Niobium has medical research applications. It is alloyed to produce arc-welding rods and in corrosion-resistant steel. Niobium was first discovered by Charles Hatchett in 1801. The word Niobium originates from Niobe, daughter of mythical Greek king Tantalus. See Niobium research below.
PACKAGING SPECIFICATIONS FOR BULK & RESEARCH QUANTITIES
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Organically templated metal germanate: Ionothermal synthesis of (C(8)H(24)N(4))[NbOGe(6)O(13)(OH)(2)F].
Nguyen QB, Lii KH.
Dalton Trans. 2011 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21931917
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Active Low-valent Niobium Catalysts from NbCl5 and Hydrosilanes for Selective Intermolecular Cycloadditions.
Satoh Y, Obora Y.
J Org Chem. 2011 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21919436
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Synthesis of transparent aqueous sols of colloidal layered niobate nanocrystals at room temperature.
Ban T, Yoshikawa S, Ohya Y.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2011 Aug 19. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21903222
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
White Phosphorus Activation at a Metal-Phosphorus Triple Bond: a New Route to cyclo-Triphosphorus or cyclo-Pentaphosphorus Complexes of Niobium.
Tofan D, Cossairt BM, Cummins CC.
Inorg Chem. 2011 Sep 6. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21894967
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Niobium phosphates as new highly selective catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane.
Weng W, Davies M, Whiting G, Solsona B, Kiely CJ, Carley AF, Taylor SH.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2011 Oct 14;13(38):17395-404. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
PMID:
21881631
[PubMed - in process]
Assessment of the Morphological, Biochemical, and Kinetic Properties for Candida rugosa Lipase Immobilized on Hydrous Niobium Oxide to Be Used in the Biodiesel Synthesis.
Miranda M, Urioste D, Andrade Souza LT, Mendes AA, de Castro HF.
Enzyme Res. 2011;2011:216435. Epub 2011 Aug 16.
PMID:
21876790
[PubMed - in process]
A highly efficient silver niobium alumina catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NO by n-decane.
Petitto C, Mutin HP, Delahay G.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Sep 20;47(38):10728-30. Epub 2011 Aug 24.
PMID:
21869952
[PubMed - in process]
A study of phase separated Ni(66)Nb(17)Y(17) metallic glass using atom probe tomography.
Shariq A, Mattern N.
Ultramicroscopy. 2011 Jul;111(8):1370-4. Epub 2011 May 18.
PMID:
21864779
[PubMed - in process]
Z-Selective, Catalytic Internal Alkyne Semihydrogenation under H(2)/CO Mixtures by a Niobium(III) Imido Complex.
Gianetti TL, Tomson NC, Arnold J, Bergman RG.
J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Sep 28;133(38):14904-7. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
PMID:
21854008
[PubMed - in process]
Highly aligned carbon nanotube forests coated by superconducting NbC.
Zou GF, Luo HM, Baily S, Zhang YY, Haberkorn NF, Xiong J, Bauer E, McCleskey TM, Burrell AK, Civale L, Zhu YT, Macmanus-Driscoll JL, Jia QX.
Nat Commun. 2011 Aug 16;2:428. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1438.
PMID:
21847102
[PubMed - in process]
Anisotropy of extinction: extrapolation to the kinematical limit by ?-ray diffraction.
Jauch W, Reehuis M.
Acta Crystallogr A. 2011 Sep;67(Pt 5):469-72. Epub 2011 Jul 20.
PMID:
21844651
[PubMed - in process]
Tri-?-oxido-bis-[(5,10,15,20-tetra-phenyl-porphyrinato-?N)niobium(V)].
Soury R, Belkhiria MS, Daran JC, Nasri H.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Jul 1;67(Pt 7):m862-3. Epub 2011 Jun 4.
PMID:
21836860
[PubMed - in process]
Assessing the performance and longevity of Nb, Pt, Ta, Ti, Zr, and ZrO?-sputtered Havar foils for the high-power production of reactive [¹?F]F? by proton irradiation of [¹?O]H?O.
Gagnon K, Wilson JS, Sant E, Backhouse CJ, McQuarrie SA.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2011 Oct;69(10):1330-6. Epub 2011 Feb 25.
PMID:
21782460
[PubMed - in process]
NbN and NbS2 nanobelt arrays: in-situ conversion preparation and field-emission performance.
Tao Y, Gao Q, Wang X, Wu X, Mao C, Zhu J.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2011 Apr;11(4):3345-9.
PMID:
21776707
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
SrNbO2N as a water-splitting photoanode with a wide visible-light absorption band.
Maeda K, Higashi M, Siritanaratkul B, Abe R, Domen K.
J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Aug 17;133(32):12334-7. Epub 2011 Jul 26.
PMID:
21770436
[PubMed - in process]
Oxygen-containing gas-phase diatomic trications and tetracations: ReO(z+), NbO(z+) and HfO(z+) (z = 3, 4).
Brites V, Franzreb K, Harvey JN, Sayres SG, Ross MW, Blumling DE, Castleman AW, Hochlaf M.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2011 Sep 7;13(33):15233-43. Epub 2011 Jul 15.
PMID:
21761073
[PubMed - in process]
Li(2)Ca(1.5)Nb(3)O(10) from X-ray powder data.
Zhu BC, Tang KB.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Apr 1;67(Pt 4):i25. Epub 2011 Mar 12.
PMID:
21753922
[PubMed]
Novel borothermal process for the synthesis of nanocrystalline oxides and borides of niobium.
Jha M, Ramanujachary KV, Lofland SE, Gupta G, Ganguli AK.
Dalton Trans. 2011 Aug 21;40(31):7879-88. Epub 2011 Jul 8.
PMID:
21743887
[PubMed - in process]
Tuning of superconducting niobium nitride terahertz metamaterials.
Wu J, Jin B, Xue Y, Zhang C, Dai H, Zhang L, Cao C, Kang L, Xu W, Chen J, Wu P.
Opt Express. 2011 Jun 20;19(13):12021-6. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.012021.
PMID:
21716437
[PubMed - in process]
Light-induced spin-crossover magnet.
Ohkoshi S, Imoto K, Tsunobuchi Y, Takano S, Tokoro H.
Nat Chem. 2011 Jun 5;3(7):564-9. doi: 10.1038/nchem.1067.
PMID:
21697879
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Niobium Oxide is a highly insoluble thermally stable Hafnium source suitable for glass, optic and ceramic applications. Oxide compounds are not conductive to electricity. However, certain perovskite structured oxides are electronically conductive finding application in the cathode of solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen generation systems. They are compounds containing at least one
oxygen anion and one metallic cation. They are typically insoluble in aqueous solutions (water) and extremely stable making them useful in ceramic structures as simple as producing clay bowls to advanced electronics and in light weight structural components in aerospace and electrochemical applications such as fuel cells in which they exhibit ionic conductivity. Metal oxide compounds are basic anhydrides and can therefore react with acids and with strong reducing agents in redox reactions. Niobium Oxide is also available in pellets, pieces, powder, sputtering targets, tablets, andnanopowder (from American Elements' nanoscale production facilities).
See Nanotechnology for more nanotechnology applications information. Niobium Oxide is generally immediately available in most volumes. Ultra high purity and high purity compositions improve both optical quality and usefulness as scientific standards. Nanoscale (See also Nanotechnology Information and Quantum Dots) elemental powders and suspensions, as alternative high surface area forms, may be considered. Additional technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available.
Niobium is a Block D, Group 5, Period 5 element. The number of electrons in each of Niobium's shells is 2, 8, 18, 12, 1 and its electronic configuration is [Kr] 4d4 5s1. In its elemental form niobium's CAS number is 7440-03-1. The niobium atom has a radius of 142.9.pm and it's Van der Waals radius is 200.pm. Some niobium compounds are considered very toxic. Niobium is the basis for various barium titanate compositions used as dielectric coatings in telecommunications 
and small advanced electronics, such as cell phones, pagers and laptop computers. Niobium is available as metal and compounds
with purities from 99% to 99.999% (ACS grade to ultra-high purity); metals in the form of foil, sputtering target, and rod, and compounds as submicron and nanopowder. Niobium has medical research applications. It is alloyed to produce arc-welding rods and in corrosion-resistant steel. Niobium was first discovered by Charles Hatchett in 1801. The word Niobium originates from Niobe, daughter of mythical Greek king Tantalus. See Niobium research below. 
