American Elements specializes in producing high purity Niobium Particles with the smallest possible average grain sizes for use in preparation of pressed and bonded sputtering targets and in Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes including Thermal and Electron Beam (E-Beam) Evaporation, Low Temperature Organic Evaporation, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Metallic-Organic and Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD). Metal particle powders are used in a variety of applications including, additives in paint and other coatings, in solid fuels and cements, as pigments in printing and packaging and dietary supplements in food processing. Current trends in particle usage or in development include commercialization of technologies such as rapid solidification and metal injection molding and production of dense powder metallurgy products. Niobium Particles are also available as Nanoparticles (See also Nanotechnology Information and Quantum Dots). Our standard Powder particle sizes average in the range of - 325 mesh, - 100 mesh, 10-50 microns and submicron (< 1 micron). We also produce Niobium as rod, ingot, pieces, pellets, disc, granules, wire, and in compound forms, such as oxide. Other shapes are available by request.
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
Typical bulk packaging includes palletized plastic 5 gallon/25 kg. pails, fiber and steel drums to 1 ton super sacks in full container (FCL) or truck load (T/L) quantities. Research and sample quantities and hygroscopic, oxidizing or other air sensitive materials may be packaged under argon or vacuum. Shipping documentation includes a Certificate of Analysis and Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Solutions are packaged in polypropylene, plastic or glass jars up to palletized 440 gallon liquid totes.
Directly Hydrothermal Growth of Single Crystal Nb(3) O(7) (OH) Nanorod Film for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
Zhang H, Wang Y, Yang D, Li Y, Liu H, Liu P, Wood BJ, Zhao H.
Adv Mater. 2012 Feb 22. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104650. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
22354561
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups.
Gillett-Kunnath MM, Sevov SC.
J Vis Exp. 2012 Feb 11;(60). pii: 3532. doi: 10.3791/3532.
PMID:
22349121
[PubMed - in process]
A highly reduced cyanogen ligand derived from cyanide reductive coupling.
Fox AR, Cummins CC.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 27;48(25):3061-3. Epub 2012 Feb 17.
PMID:
22343665
[PubMed - in process]
Diffusion and segregation of niobium in fcc-nickel.
Connétable D, Ter-Ovanessian B, Andrieu E.
J Phys Condens Matter. 2012 Mar 7;24(9):095010. Epub 2012 Feb 9.
PMID:
22322788
[PubMed - in process]
Measurement of mass attenuation coefficients of Rhizophora spp. binderless particleboards in the 16.59-25.26keV photon energy range and their density profile using x-ray computed tomography.
Marashdeh MW, Bauk S, Tajuddin AA, Hashim R.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2012 Apr;70(4):656-62. Epub 2012 Jan 20.
PMID:
22304963
[PubMed - in process]
Syntheses and Structures of Sc(2)Nb(4-x)Sn(5), YNb(6)Sn(6), and ErNb(6)Sn(5): Exploratory Studies in Ternary Rare-Earth Niobium Stannides.
Yue CY, Lei XW.
Inorg Chem. 2012 Feb 20;51(4):2461-71. Epub 2012 Feb 2.
PMID:
22300353
[PubMed - in process]
Highly efficient catalysts for Co(ii/iii) redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Wang L, Diau EW, Wu M, Lu HP, Ma T.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 8;48(20):2600-2. Epub 2012 Feb 1.
PMID:
22294206
[PubMed - in process]
Seeded growth induced amorphous to crystalline transformation of niobium oxide nanostructures.
Jana S, Rioux RM.
Nanoscale. 2012 Mar 7;4(5):1782-8. Epub 2012 Jan 30.
PMID:
22286141
[PubMed - in process]
Adhesive Bonding of Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy and Component Metals with Acidic Primers and a Tri-n-butylborane Initiated Resin.
Koizumi H, Naito K, Ishii T, Yamashita M, Yoneyama T, Matsumura H.
J Adhes Dent. 2012 Jan 11. doi: 10.3290/j.jad.a22712. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
22282753
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Low-loss terahertz metamaterial from superconducting niobium nitride films.
Zhang CH, Wu JB, Jin BB, Ji ZM, Kang L, Xu WW, Chen J, Tonouchi M, Wu PH.
Opt Express. 2012 Jan 2;20(1):42-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.000042.
PMID:
22274327
[PubMed - in process]
Synthesis and characterization of InNbO? nanopowder for gas sensors.
Balamurugan C, Vijayakumar E, Subramania A.
Talanta. 2012 Jan 15;88:115-20. Epub 2011 Nov 26.
PMID:
22265476
[PubMed - in process]
Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of a niobium-substituted-heteropolytungstate on hepatitis B virus.
Zhang H, Qi Y, Ding Y, Wang J, Li Q, Zhang J, Jiang Y, Chi X, Li J, Niu J.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Feb 15;22(4):1664-9. Epub 2012 Jan 2.
PMID:
22264474
[PubMed - in process]
The mechanism of hydroaminoalkylation catalyzed by group 5 metal binaphtholate complexes.
Reznichenko AL, Hultzsch KC.
J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Feb 15;134(6):3300-11. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
PMID:
22264172
[PubMed - in process]
cyclo-Tetra-?-oxido-tetra-kis-[(acetyl-acetonato-?O,O')bis-(ethano-lato-?O)niobium(V)].
Herbst L, Visser HG, Roodt A, Muller TJ.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Dec 1;67(Pt 12):m1669-70. Epub 2011 Nov 5.
PMID:
22199493
[PubMed - in process]
Asymmetric Split-Vacancy Defects in SiC Polytypes: A Combined Theoretical and Electron Spin Resonance Study.
Ivády V, Gällström A, Son NT, Janzén E, Gali A.
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Nov 4;107(19):195501. Epub 2011 Nov 2.
PMID:
22181623
[PubMed - in process]
New iso-propoxides, tert-butoxides and neo-pentoxides of niobium(V): synthesis, structure, characterization and stabilization by trifluoroheteroarylalkenolates and pyridine ligands.
Appel L, Fiz R, Tyrra W, Mathur S.
Dalton Trans. 2012 Feb 21;41(7):1981-90. Epub 2011 Dec 16.
PMID:
22180863
[PubMed - in process]
Structural, electronic and magnetic effects of Al-doped niobium clusters: a density functional theory study.
Wang HQ, Li HF, Wang JX, Kuang XY.
J Mol Model. 2011 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
22146984
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
The microwave cavity perturbation technique for contact-free and in situ electrical conductivity measurements in catalysis and materials science.
Eichelbaum M, Stösser R, Karpov A, Dobner CK, Rosowski F, Trunschke A, Schlögl R.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012 Jan 21;14(3):1302-12. Epub 2011 Dec 7.
PMID:
22146931
[PubMed - in process]
Hydrolysis of disaccharides over solid acid catalysts under green conditions.
Marzo M, Gervasini A, Carniti P.
Carbohydr Res. 2012 Jan 10;347(1):23-31. Epub 2011 Oct 17.
PMID:
22127325
[PubMed - in process]
Enhanced Photon Generation in a Nb/n-InGaAs/p-InP Superconductor/Semiconductor-Diode Light Emitting Device.
Sasakura H, Kuramitsu S, Hayashi Y, Tanaka K, Akazaki T, Hanamura E, Inoue R, Takayanagi H, Asano Y, Hermannstädter C, Kumano H, Suemune I.
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Oct 7;107(15):157403. Epub 2011 Oct 6.
PMID:
22107319
[PubMed - in process]
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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.
