(1) niobium superconducting material
China has considerable strength in the research and development of NbTi and Nb3Sn superconducting materials, and there is no lack of high-level scientific research achievements, but the production capacity of sufficient scale has not been formed for many years, an important reason is the lack of adequate application market.
(2) tantalum-niobium and its alloy corrosion resistant materials
China's chemical industry has a large scale and a fast development speed, but the application of tantalum-niobium and its alloys in this field is still very few. China's tantalum-niobium industry has a certain processing capacity of tantalum-niobium products, and its market application needs to be further developed.
(3) cathode sputtering tantalum coating
Tantalum as a cathode sputtering target metal, domestic application is still in the primary stage, but Japan has more than 10 tons of consumption every year.
(4) tantalum-niobium oxide ceramics
China's ceramic capacitor industry is similar to tantalum capacitor industry and needs to be accelerated. To narrow the gap with foreign countries and promote the application of tantalum niobium oxide in electronic ceramics.
To sum up, tantalum-niobium has a series of excellent characteristics and is an important functional material for the application of high-tech fields such as electronics, iron and steel, metallurgy, chemical industry, aviation, aerospace, etc. China has the capability and foundation for the production of tantalum-niobium conventional products and the research and development of new products. In the past 10 years, tantalum-niobium industry in China has made great progress. Tantalum has become the third largest industry in the world, and it has a certain scale of niobium industry. It is developing into deep processing industry, developing full series of tantalum-niobium products of high grade, high level, high added value and high quality. With the development of tantalum-niobium application technology and economy, the tantalum-niobium metal and its alloy materials in China will present a new situation of comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development.
