TANTALUM, Ta (73)

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TANTALUM

Ta (73)

ˈtæntələm

PHONETICS

Tantalum is a rare, hard, blue-grey, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant. It is part of the refractory metals group, which are widely used as minor components in alloys. With its chemical inertness, it makes a valuable substance for laboratory equipment and a substitute for platinum. Tantalum is also used for medical implants and bone repair and its main use today is in tantalum capacitors in electronic equipment and is chemically similar to niobium.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1802 by Anders Ekeberg, Sweden.

DISCOVERY

Greek 'Tantalos' meaning 'father of Niobe' (Greek mythology).

ETYMOLOGY

Tantalum

ELEMENT

Ta

SYMBOL

73

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-25-7

CAS NUMBER
element

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Grey

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.340

POISSON RATIO


10.868 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


800.00M Pa, 7.895'4k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


6.50

MOHS HARDNESS


873.00M Pa, 8.615'8k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


3,400 m/s, Mach 9.912'5

SPEED OF SOUND


200.00G Pa, 1.973'8M Atm

BULK MODULUS


69.00G Pa, 680.977'1k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


186.00G Pa, 1.835'7M Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

NONE

3,290.15 K, 3,017.00 °C

MELTING POINT


5,731.15 K, 5,458.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


57.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'006'3 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


140.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


735.000 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


630.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


7.70M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


130.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


4.470 K

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


-

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'000'010'7

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'001'936'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'178'200'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Transition Metal

CLASSIFICATION


180.947'875'7

ATOMIC WEIGHT


193 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


146 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


126 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


119 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


217 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²4f¹⁴5d³

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Cubic, Body-centred

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


16.650'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


15.000'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


lm_3m

SPACE GROUP NAME


229

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 π/2

LATTICE ANGLES


330.13, 330.13 330.13 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

5

VALENCE


1.5

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


31.17 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

element element

0.000'000'02 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'002 %

METEORITES


-

SUN


0.000'17 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'000'2 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


5s³ = 5, 2, 0, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


6.010'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


20.600'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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