V B / Reference Metals Company Inc. / VI B / Tadeu Carneiro(2) (1) Niobium Products Company GmbH / /
Continent
North America / Europe / /
Country
Germany / Oman / Japan / Russia / China / India / /
IndustryTerm
non-steel products / value-added products / low carbon-manganeseniobium-vanadium steel / steel domains / gas throughput / recent years new gas deposits / cold forming applications / transportation / pipeline steel / media transportation / upper shelf impact energy / steel consuming industries / medical diagnosis devices / oil and gas fields / energy analysts / petrochemical equipment / steel making / low temperature transformation products / steel producing / oil and gas / steel market / transportation costs / pipe steel development / strip steel / structural applications / important commercial applications / gas lines / high strength strip steel grades / industrial metal / hot and cold rolled steel products / given steel grade / steel industry / metal / resistant steel / ton steel / mini-mill technology / energy consumption / higher niobium content austenite processing / chemical composition / space technology / art technology / steel composition / metal market / oil and gas transportation / information technology / lower steel consumption / electronics / niobium containing steel products / decades niobium metal / important technological solution / given steel composition / structural steel applications / catalytic applications / stored energy increases / manufacturing / technology applications / industrial products / hot rolled strip products / steel applications / present niobium technology / optical applications / chemicals / minimum impact energy / steel areas / steel consuming industry / steel grades / main niobium containing products / steel / /
Person
Al Nb / Friedrich Heisterkamp / /
Position
important driver for the growth was the aircraft industry / Automotive Steels General / Steels General / Niobium Market General / /
ProvinceOrState
Pennsylvania / /
PublishedMedium
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / /
Technology
information technology / mini-mill technology / process control / MRI / present niobium technology / laser / art technology / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / /
Table IV Technological progress and the future of niobium in automotive steels