Elements / 41
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Niobium
Transition metal · d-block · ring O · spoke 5
Niobium is element 41, a transition metal. It sits on ring O (period 5) on spoke 5. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 8.57 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 2,750 K · 2,477 °C6th highest melting point of 97 | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 5,017 K · 4,744 °C6th highest boiling point of 96 | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 1.60 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 652 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 92.9064 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 20 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1801 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Found in 1801 in a mineral sample sent to England from Connecticut in 1734, and first named for the poetic name of the United States.
- Named for a daughter of Tantalus in Greek myth; alloyed with titanium and tin, it runs the superconducting magnets in MRI scanners.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 5
Ring O (period 5)
Play with Niobium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.