Niobium titanium alloy is an alloy composed of niobium and titanium. It has excellent mechanical properties, stable chemical properties, high strength, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance and other advantages. From the perspective of product type, niobium titanium alloy products mainly include wire, bar, etc., of which wire is the main product type, accounting for the largest share in the global market.
Niobium titanium alloy can be widely used in medical, chemical, electric power, energy storage, transportation, nuclear industry, aerospace and other fields, for particle accelerator, nuclear magnetic resonance, thermonuclear fusion, superconducting energy storage and other equipment manufacturing. From the perspective of downstream market segments, the current magnetic resonance imaging demand for niobium titanium alloy accounts for the largest proportion, and the medical field is an important application market for niobium titanium alloy.
In the field of magnetic resonance imaging, niobium titanium alloy exists as a superconducting material. Niobium-titanium superconductor is a common low-temperature superconducting material with the advantages of easy processing, long wire production, low raw material cost and easy access, stable and reliable properties, and good superconductivity. Magnetic resonance imaging is an important medical imaging equipment, can be used in the nervous system, cardiovascular system, digestive system, respiratory system, urogenital system and other diseases diagnosis, market penetration continues to increase, driving the demand for niobium titanium alloy continued to grow.
In the medical field, niobium titanium alloys can also be used directly as medical materials, such as dental implant materials. The ideal implant material should be non-toxic, non-allergenic, non-teratogenic, excellent biocompatibility, high strength, wear resistance, corrosion resistance and so on. At present, the implant materials that have been applied on the market have different advantages and disadvantages in terms of performance, so new implant materials are still being developed, and niobium titanium alloy is the most concerned new titanium alloy implant materials, and the future market development potential is large.
