columbium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of columbium
1801; Columb(ia) (a literary name for the United States of America) + -ium
Example Sentences
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U.S. military production desperately needs titanium as a substitute for columbium, a rare metal which makes steel fit to stand the 1,600� hellfire inside a jet-engine combustion chamber.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since world production of columbium cannot be stepped up for another three years, the U.S. has turned to titanium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its sensitive surface is columbium nitride cooled by liquid hydrogen to minus 432� F. At this temperature�close to absolute zero�columbium nitride becomes "superconductive"; its electrical resistance almost vanishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost all the world's supply of columbium ore comes from primitive mines in Nigeria; the U.S. was able to get only 1,727,000 Ibs. last year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Potassium fluoxy percolumbate, K2CbO2F5�H2O, is prepared by dissolving potassium columbium oxyfluoride in a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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