Discovering the importance of niobium - part 1
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Channel: bhadeshia123 · 2014 · Education
Niobium has very special advantages in steel; here the story of the discovery of its remarkable effect in steels is archived by some of the pioneers of the subject. The video begins with an introduction by Tadeu Carneiro, Chief Executive Officer of Companhia Brasileirade Metalurgia e Mineracao (CBMM), followed by Bill Morrison who explains the emergence of niobium microalloying, Ken Irvine, Brian Pickering and Terry Gladman, on structure-property relationships, and culminates with a panel discussion. Reproduced with permission from Philip Kirkwood. http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2006/Nb/Nb.html
