Niobium is element 41, a transition metal of the d block, in group 5, period 5. Its ground-state configuration is [Kr] 4d4 5s1, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 4, 5.
It was discovered in 1801, by Hatchet.
Name origin: Niobe, daughter of king Tantalus from Greek mythology.
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