TY - JOUR A1 - Scheibe, Maximilian A1 - Binkowski, Sigrid A1 - Benemann, Sigrid A1 - Saliwan Neumann, Romeo T1 - Comparing different preparation techniques for the characterisation of niobium carbides N2 - Of the up to 85.000 tons of niobium that are produced at the present, 90% are used as a property defining micro alloying element [1,2] in: a. High- and highest strength alloys for car bodies, b. Structural steels in the construction industry and, c. Steels for pipelines and the petrochemical industry, whereby it is mostly added for alloying in the ränge of 80-250 ppm. PY - 2014 IS - 19 SP - 1 EP - 12 AN - OPUS4-32432 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -