Ua kūpono ʻo Niobium ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā no ka reactor a me ka mea uhi no ka wahie nuklea a me ka pale wela a me nā mea hana i hoʻololi ʻia i ka ʻoihana aerospace. I ka ʻoihana Metallurgical, hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Niobium i mea hoʻohui e hana i ke kila kila ikaika kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā waiwai o nā ʻāpana like ʻole a hana i nā mea hana paʻakikī.
He hana koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ʻo Niobium i ke kahua ʻokiʻoki, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana wale ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā mea lapaʻau, akā he "Biocompatible Material". Hiki i ka Niobium ke hana i nā ʻāpana me nā mea like ʻole, i loaʻa nā noi nui i nā ʻoihana like ʻole.