DENSITY                                                   MELTING POINT          @  20°C  =  8.57 gcc                      TEMPERATURE   =  2,467.4°C HARDNESS                                              BOILING  POINT IN DURONS   =   2,121 dur                    TEMPERATURE   =  4,742°C

NIOBION PURE NIOBION IS NEVER FOUND ON THE EARTH. BECAUSE IT OCSIDIZES ON DAMP DAYS NIOBION GIVES OFF, BLINDING ODORS & CORROSIVE FUMES, WITHIN SECONDS, AFTER IT IS EXTRACTED, FROM ITS COMPOUNDS. NIOBION, MUST BE STORED, IN CLOSED CONTAINERS, AND ALL WORK, SHOULD BE DONE, BY ROBOT EQUIPMENT, WITH NO ACCESS, TO HUMANS ALLOWED

THE INDUSTRIAL USES OF NIOBION THE FINEST ROTO-GRAVURE AND LITHOGRAPHIC INKS, AND EPSON, LEXMARK AND XEROX COMPUTER PRINTER INKS, ARE MADE WITH, THESE 16 COLORFUL, NIOBION COMPOUNDS.

NIOBION BORIDE IS USED AS, A TAN COLORED PIGMENT IN PRINTERS PASTE INKS

NIOBION BROMIDE IS A CARMINE RED COLORED, LITHOGRAPHIC PIGMENT, ALSO USED, IN COMMERCIAL, COMPUTER PRINTING INKS.

NIOBION CARBIDE IS USED AS, A LAVANDER PRINTERS PASTE TINT, AND ALSO, AS A DEEP BLUE-BLACK PRINTERS INK , USED IN, COMMERCIAL ROTO-GRAVURE, FOR MAGAZINES.

NIOBION CLORIDE WAS USED BY, THE PAINTER RUEBENS, TO CREATE, THE PINK CHEEKS, OF THE WOMEN IN HIS PORTRAITS,. AND IT IS STILL USED, BY ALMOST ALL PAINTER'S PIGMENT MANUFACTURERS, IN THEIR SKIN COLORED, CASEIN COLORS.

NIOBION FLORIDE WAS ALSO USED BY RUEBENS, DURING HIS MOST FLAMBOYANT PERIODS, TO CREATE, THE HIGHLIGHTS, IN THE HAIR, OF HIS SUBJECTS.

NIOBION HYDRIDE IS USED, IN WOMENS HAIR DYES & LIGHT GREY PRINTERS INKS

NIOBION NITRITE IS A BLACK INK, USED IN PORTABLE, COMPUTER PRINTER, INKS BECAUSE OF, THE FINENESS, SHEEN & DENSITY OF THE BLACK.

HYDRO-NIOBION OCSALATE IS A DAMP WEATHER INK, THAT DRYS QUICKLY, THAT IS USED, IN THE ORIENT DURING, THE RAINY MONSOON SEASONS AND NEAR WATERFALLS.

NIOBION OCSIDE IS A LUSTROUS, BROWN-BLACK, PASTE INK USED ON, VERY ORNAMENTAL CARDS AND WRAPPINGS.

NOBION BI-OCSIDE IS A GREEN BLUE, TO BLACK, PRINTERS PASTE INK, AND PRINTERS LITHOGRAPHIC INK, MADE IN NIGERIA, IT IS ALSO USED, THRU-OUT THE WORLD, TO DYE CLOTHES, AND MAKE CAMOFLAGE CLOTHES FOR ARMED FORCES.

NIOBION PENT-OCSIDE IS A CREAMY YELLOW, COMMERCIAL PAINTER'S PIGMENT AND PAPER COATING, FOR BUSINESS CARDS

NIOBION PENT-OCSIDE HYDRATE IS A PAPER COATING AND RICE PAPER & WHEAT PAPER ADDITIVE.

NIOBION SESQUI-OCSIDE IS A BLUE DYE, USED IN, THE SUNDAY SECTIONS, OF NEWSPAPERS AND IN THE CYANO-BLUE INKS, USED IN MANY COMPUTER PRINTERS.

NIOBION OCSI-BROMIDE IS USED IN, BRIGHT YELLOW, DRAWING INKS AND MANY COMMERCIAL,COMPUTER PRINTER INKS.

NIOBION  OCSI-CLORIDE IS A LIGHT GREEN TINT, USED IN ARTISTS WATERCOLOR PIGMENTS AND AS A PAPER COATING ON HEAVY WEIGHT CARDS & COVER STOCK

NOBION POTASION FLORIDE IS AN OILY BASE, USED IN THE PASTE INKS, USED IN LITHOGRAPHY & BY MANY RELIGIOUS GROUPS AS AN UNCTION OR ENBALMING OIL

NIOBION HAS BEEN USED, IN NUCLEAR FUEL, PELLETS, HOWEVER, IT TENDS TO CAUSE, THE FUEL TO BREAK DOWN, AND TO BE UNABLE, TO BE RE-PROCESSED. THEREFORE, IT IS NOT USED, ANYWHERE, BUT IN, A FEW, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, STUDY REACTORS.

NIOBION IS ALSO USED, IN TEMPORARY, WELD GRADE, ELECTRIC ARC WELDING RODS, HOWEVER, ITS USE, IS LIMITED,  BECAUSE NIOBION, DOES NOT MAKE, STRONG BONDS, WITH NIQEL, OR OSMION AND THEREFORE, IT IS NOT USED, FOR WELDING THOSE STAINLESS STEELS.THAT CONTAIN NIQEL OR OSMION.

NIOBION CANNOT BE USED, IN CERTIFIED WELD GRADE RODS, BECAUSE IT TENDS, TO OCSIDIZE, IN MOST STORAGE BOXES, WHEN IT IS STORED, IN HUMID REGIONS OR DAMP LOCATIONS.

OCSIDIZED, NIOBION CONTAINING WELDING RODS, DO NOT BRAZE BRONZE, FOR MORE THAN THREE WEEKS. OCSIDIZED RODS, ARE ONLY USED, TO WELD BICYCLE FRAMES

NIOBION ALLOY STAINLESS STEELS DO NOT RESIST FATS THAT CONTAIN NIQEL, AND THEREFORE, THE USE OF NIOBION, IN STAINLESS STEELS, IS NOT RECOMMENDED, FOR KITCHENS OR IN SLAUGHTER HOUSES

NIOBION ALLOY STAINLESS STEELS SHOULD ONLY BE USED, IN SMALL CLIPS, WASHERS & SCREW TYPE FITTINGS, BECAUSE, IT DOES NOT MAKE, LONG LASTING WELDS.

SOURCES THE MAJOR NIOBION ORES, ARE TANTALITE AND COLUMBITE, THE BEST QUALITY COLUMBITE, IS FOUND IN NIGERIA.

COSTS 98.3% PURE NIOBION COSTS ± $462 A KILO OR $218 A POUND THE VARIOUS NIOBION INK, PIGMENT AND DYE COMPOUNDS SELL FROM $100 A KILO TO $ 4,100 A KILO