Niobium ma le niobium alloy bar, mea uaea ona o le maualuga o le liusuavai, faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi, faʻaogaina o le malulu ma isi uiga, faʻaaogaina lautele i vailaʻau, eletise, vaalele ma aerospace ma isi fanua. Niobium ma niobium alloy rods o loʻo faʻaaogaina e fai ma mea faʻapipiʻi ma ituaiga uma o vaalele afi afi roketi nozzle, o le reactor vaega i totonu ma mea afifi, gaosiga o le nitric acid, hydrochloric acid poʻo le sulfuric acid teteʻe faʻamaʻi i lalo o le tulaga o vaega faʻafefete.