Definition of Columbium. Meaning of Columbium. Synonyms of Columbium

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Definition of Columbium

Columbium
Columbium Co*lum"bi*um, n. [NL., fr. Columbia America.] (Chem.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.

Meaning of Columbium from wikipedia

- Niobium is a chemical element; it has symbol Nb (formerly columbium, Cb) and atomic number 41. It is a light grey, crystalline, and ductile transition...
- mineral in coltan is columbite (after niobium's original American name columbium), and the tantalum-dominant mineral is tantalite. Tantalum from coltan...
- chemist who discovered the element niobium, for which he proposed the name "columbium". Hatchett was elected a Fellow of the Linnaean Society in 1795, and of...
- Hatchett had discovered columbium (now niobium). In 1809, the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston compared the oxides of columbium and tantalum, columbite...
- Niobium oxide, sometimes called columbium oxide,[citation needed] may refer to: Niobium monoxide (niobium(II) oxide), NbO Niobium dioxide (niobium(IV)...
- designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by overcurrent Columbium (Cb), an obsolete name for the element niobium Conduction band of the...
- Collateralized bond obligation, a type of collateralized debt obligation Columbium oxide (CbO), an alternate name for niobium oxide CBO, a sandwich sold...
- The element niobium was first called columbium, a name which some people still use today. The name columbium, coined by the chemist Charles Hatchett...
- columbium (niobium) and the closely related tantalum. In 1809, English chemist William Hyde Wollaston compared the oxides derived from both columbium—columbite...
- Niobium monoxide is the inorganic compound with the formula NbO. It is a grey solid with metallic conductivity. NbO adopts an unusual cubic structure,...