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Re: conix post# 4840

Thursday, 10/16/2014 4:03:41 PM

Thursday, October 16, 2014 4:03:41 PM

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One less well-known (but very important use) of Niobium is in the Photonics industry. Lithium-Niobate crystals (LiNbO3) are extensively used in photonics lasers, modulators, detectors, etc. These crystals are extremely crucial to our communications infrastructure, cell-phones, and defense industries. The fact that China produces/controls greater than 90% of this market is reportedly of great concern to the strategic interests of our gov't. Check out this link: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2013/04/02/chinas-continuing-monopoly-over-rare-earth-minerals.
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