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tantalum

[ UK /tˈɑːntæləm/ ]
[ US /ˈtæntəɫəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

How To Use tantalum In A Sentence

  • Sodium is also used as a chemical reducing agent in producing titanium, zirconium, niobium, and tantalum from their fused salts.
  • Many contemporary chemists believed niobium and tantalum were the same elements until 1844 and later 1866 when researchers showed that niobic and tantalic acids were different compounds.
  • The same goes for many other rare metals such as indium, which is being consumed in unprecedented quantities for making LCDs for flat-screen TVs, and the tantalum needed to make compact electronic devices like cellphones. . . Photovoltaics: (some more) depressing news
  • The refractory metals include niobium (also known as columbium), tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, and rhenium.
  • Tantalum is recovered from ore minerals such as columbite and tantalite. Tantalum
  • Secondary caprylic alcohol is used for tantalum extraction organization.
  • The metal can be, for example, titanium, tantalum, chromium, aluminium or tungsten.
  • Tantalum is a very hard, malleable, ductile metal with a silvery bluish color when unpolished, but a bright silvery color when polished.
  • A second element, tantalum, is always present in these minerals along with niobium.
  • Magnesium, titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum and tungsten may be soldered if they are plated with a solderable metal coating such as silver.
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