8. Commercial applications
Tantalum and niobium are considered biocompatible, non-toxic materials, which is why they are used in the medical field.
8.1 Niobium applications
Steelmaking is niobium's main application:
microalloyed steels 82
stainless steels 10
6% superalloys
miscellaneous 2
Worldwide consumption is around 40,000 tonnes of Nb content, compared with 20,000 tonnes in 1997.
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