Latvian edit

 niobijs on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology edit

After Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus, because of the element's affinity with tantalum.

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Chemical element
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niobijs m (1st declension)

  1. niobium (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 41.)
    niobiju izmanto radiospuldžu anodu izgatavošanainiobium one uses for making the anodes of radio bulbs

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