Equilibria in the niobium-hydrogen system were determined in the range 100 to 900 C, 0.1 to 1000 mm of mercury hydrogen pressure, and hydrogen/niobium atomic ratios of 0.01 to 0.85. X-ray measurements were obtained at 25 to 400 C at hydrogen/niobium ratios up to 0.54. The studies showed that a solid solution of hydrogen in niobium is produced throughout most of the system. A miscibility gap was foundat low temperatures and pressures, with a critical point at about a temperature of 140 C, a hydrogen pressure of 0.01 mm of mercury, and a hydrogen/niobium ratio of 0.3. Sorption rates at 300 to 550 C were initially linear. At higher temperatures, sorption rates were controlled by diffusion in the metal matrix. Diffusion coefficients at 600 to 700 C can be expressed by D '^-0.0215 exp [(-9370 ± 600)/RT \. Desorption rates were lower than those predicted by diffusion.