Niobium Bar details
Niobium and niobium alloy tubes, rods, and wires have the advantages of high melting point, corrosion resistance, and good cold working performance, and are widely used in chemistry, electronics, aviation, aerospace and other fields. Niobium and niobium alloy rods are used as structural materials for aircraft engines and rocket nozzles, reactor internal components and cladding materials, and for making corrosion-resistant parts that are resistant to nitric acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid corrosion.
| Standard | ASTM B 392 |
|---|---|
| Grades | R04200, R04210 |
| Shape | Round, Square, Hex (A/F), Rectangle, Wire |
| Dimension range | As per custom size |
| Surface | Black, Pickling, Sand-blasting, Polished |
| Packing | Standard seaworthy packages or as your requests |
| Third party inspection | Acceptable |
Niobium rods (niobium rods) are machined from ingot to final diameter, forged, rolled, swung and drawn individually or in combination to achieve the required dimensions. We emphasize absolute precision in the production process of niobium rods. Zhuohangxin Metal insists on having extremely low tolerances in diameter and roundness and guarantees excellent straightness of the rods.
Niobium Bar details
1. What is Niobium rod?
Niobium is a rare metal element with high chemical stability and good biocompatibility. Niobium rod, as the name suggests, is a rod-shaped material processed from pure niobium element. Niobium rods are widely used in many fields due to their high melting point, low thermal expansion coefficient and excellent electrical conductivity.
2. Characteristics of niobium rods
1. Strong high temperature resistance
The melting point of niobium rod is as high as 2468°C, so it can maintain good physical form in high-temperature environments, making niobium rod an ideal choice for many high-temperature processes.
2. Strong corrosion resistance
Because niobium has excellent chemical stability, it is difficult to be corroded even in harsh environments such as acids and alkalis. Therefore, niobium rods have important application value in chemical industry, metallurgy and other fields.
3. Good biocompatibility
Niobium rods have good biocompatibility and will not cause toxic reactions to the human body, so they can be used in the production of medical devices.
3. Application of niobium rod
1.Aerospace field
Because niobium rods have excellent high temperature properties and corrosion resistance, they have important applications in the aerospace field, such as manufacturing aircraft engine parts.
2. Medical device field
The biocompatibility of niobium rods makes them widely used in the field of medical devices, such as in the manufacture of pacemakers, artificial joints, etc.
3. Electronic industry field
The high conductivity and low thermal expansion coefficient of niobium rods make it widely used in the electronics industry, such as in the manufacture of capacitors, resistors and other electronic components.
4. Future prospects
With the continuous development of science and technology, the properties of niobium rods will be further explored and utilized, and their applications in various fields will become more extensive. In addition, as a scarce resource, niobium rods, rational development and utilization and environmental protection are also important issues that we need to pay attention to.
To sum up, niobium rod, as a new high-tech material, is gradually entering our lives with its unique properties and wide range of applications. By understanding niobium rods, we can not only better understand the world, but also better grasp the future.
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Standard |
ASTM B 392 |
| Grades | R04200, R04210 |
| Shape | Round, Square, Hex (A/F), Rectangle, Wire |
| Dimension range | As per custom size |
| Surface | Black, Pickling, Sand-blasting, Polished |
| Packing | Standard seaworthy packages or as your requests |
| Third party inspection | Acceptable |
Chemical Requirements
| Content, Max, Weight % | ||||
| Element | R04200 Unalloyed Niobium | R04210 Unalloyed Niobium | R04251 (Reactor grade niobium-1% Zirconium) | R04261 (Commercial grade niobium-1% Zirconium) |
| C | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| O | 0.015 | 0.025 | 0.015 | 0.025 |
| N | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| H | 0.0015 | 0.0015 | 0.0015 | 0.0015 |
| Fe | 0.005 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.01 |
| Mo | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| Ta | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Ni | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| Si | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| Ti | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| W | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Zr | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.8~1.2 | 0.8~1.2 |
| Nb | Remainder | Remainder | Remainder | Remainder |
| Grade(UNS) | Annealed | ||
| Tensile strength min,psi (MPa) | Yield strength min,Psi (MPa) | Elongation min,% (1 inch gage length) | |
| R04200, R04210 | 18000 (125) | 10500 (73) | 25 |
| R04251 | 28000(195) | 18000(125) | 20 |
| R04261 | 28000(195) | 18000(125) | 20 |
Niobium and niobium alloy tubes, rods, and wires have the advantages of high melting point, corrosion resistance, and good cold working performance, and are widely used in chemistry, electronics, aviation, aerospace and other fields. Niobium and niobium alloy rods are used as structural materials for aircraft engines and rocket nozzles, reactor internal components and cladding materials, and for making corrosion-resistant parts that are resistant to nitric acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid corrosion.
