What's the difference between columbiferous and columbium?

Columbiferous


Definition:

  • (a.) Producing or containing columbium.

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Columbium


Definition:

  • (n.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.

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  • (1) The comparative materials were the Co-Cr-alloys Remanium CD and Wirobond and the implant materials Titanium, Tantalum and Columbium and the high biocompatible material Teflon.

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