[1835–45; niob(ium) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, daisy chain, ecumenical, hybridize, serial-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'niobic' in a sentence
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It was demonstrated that the tetrahedral titanium species still retained after impregnation of niobic acid.
Didik Prasetyoko, Zainab Ramli, Salasiah Endud, Hadi Nur 2008, 'Characterization and Catalytic Performance of Niobic Acid Dispersed over TitaniumSilicalite', Advances in Materials Science and Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/345895. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furan was reacted with 1-dodecene, the alkene model compound, over the niobic acid catalyst in a laboratory-scale batch reactor.
Wilbur Zuo, Hsi-Wu Wong 2017, 'Green synthesis of linear alkylbenzenes via Diels−Alder cycloaddition between furanand linear alkenes over niobic acid catalyst', Green Chemistry Letters and Reviewshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17518253.2017.1390168. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Surface modification of niobic acid with phosphoric acid and its catalytic performance in the hydrolysis reaction has been studied.
Dwiatmoko Adid Adep 2018, 'Catalytic performance of surface modified-niobic acid', MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201815401011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)