Definitions for columbium

columbium co·lum·bi·um

Spelling: [kuh-luhm-bee-uh m]
IPA: /kəˈlʌm bi əm/

Columbium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in columbium (bcilmmouu).

Definitions for columbium

noun

  1. (formerly) niobium. Symbol: Cb.

Origin of columbium

1801; Columb(ia) (a literary name for the United States of America) + -ium

Examples for columbium

columbium pentoxide (columbic acid), Cb2O5, is obtained from columbite, after the removal of tantalum (see above).

columbium was discovered in a mineral sent from Massachusetts in North America.

columbium pentafluoride, CbF5, is obtained when the pentoxide is dissolved in hydrofluoric acid.

Chemically related to vanadium are the two elements tantalum and columbium or niobium.

columbium is a metal closely resembling tantalum and tantalum found a use as electric light filaments.

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