Columbium (chiratidzo "Cb") raive zita rakatanga kupihwa naHatchett paakawana simbi muna 1801. Zita iri rakaratidza kuti mhando yemhando yeiyo ore yakabva kuAmerica (Columbia). Iri zita rakaramba richishandiswa mumagazini eAmerica <unk> bepa rekupedzisira rakaburitswa neAmerican Chemical Society rine columbium mumusoro waro rakatangira muna 1953 <unk> nepo niobium yaishandiswa muEurope. Kupedza nyonganiso iyi, zita rekuti niobium rakasarudzwa kuti rive chinhu 41 pamusangano wegumi nemashanu weUnion of Chemistry muAmsterdam muna 1949. Gore rakatevera zita iri rakagamuchirwa zviri pamutemo neInternational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IPACU) mushure memakore zana emakakatanwa, kunyangwe paine nguva yakatangira zita rekuti columbium. Iri raive mhando yekubvumirana; kushandiswa kweIU kwakagamuchirwa muNorth America panzvimbo pe tungsten; nepo mamwe masangano ehurumende eUS neEuropean neIUPAC vanoshandisa zita rekuti columbium panzvimbo pezita rekutanga.
Sangano reInternational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry