Tantalum Facts - Periodic Table of the Elements

Tantalum Facts - Periodic Table of the Elements Tantalum Basic Facts Nuclear Number: 73 Image: Ta Nuclear Weight: 180.9479 Disclosure: Anders Ekeberg 1802 (Sweden), indicated that niobic corrosive and tantalic corrosive were two distinct substances. Electron Configuration: [Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d3 Word Origin: Greek Tantalos, legendary character, lord who was father of Niobe Isotopes: There are 25 known isotopes of tantalum. Normal tantalum comprises of 2 isotopes. Properties: Tantalum is a substantial, hard dim metal. Unadulterated tantalum is bendable and might be brought into extremely fine wire. Tantalum is for all intents and purposes resistant to substance assault at temperatures lower than 150  °C. It is just assaulted by hydrofluoric corrosive, acidic arrangements of the fluoride particle, and free sulfur trioxide. Salts assault tantalum gradually. At higher temperatures, tantalum is progressively receptive. The dissolving purpose of tantalum is high, surpassed uniquely by that of tungsten and rhenium. The liquefying purpose of tantalum is 2996  °C; breaking point is 5425/ - 100  °C; explicit gravity is 16.654; valence is normally 5, however might be 2, 3, or 4. Utilizations: Tantalum wire is utilized as a fiber for vanishing different metals. Tantalum is joined into an assortment of composites, presenting high dissolving point, malleability, quality, and consumption opposition. Tantalum carbide is perhaps the hardest material at any point made. At high temperatures, tantalum has great gettering capacity. Tantalum oxide films are steady, with attractive dielectric and redressing properties. The metal is utilized in substance process hardware, vacuum heaters, capacitors, atomic reactors, and airplane parts. Tantalum oxide might be utilized to make a glass with a high file of refraction, with applications including use for camera focal points. Tantalum is insusceptible to body fluids and is a non-bothering metal. Accordingly, it has across the board careful applications. Sources: Tantalum is found basically in the mineral columbite-tantalite (Fe, Mn)(Nb, Ta)2O6. Tantalum metals are found in Australia, Zaire, Brazil, Mozambique, Thailand, Portugal, Nigeria, and Canada. An entangled procedure is required to expel tantalum from the mineral. Component Classification: Transition Metal Tantalum Physical Data Thickness (g/cc): 16.654 Softening Point (K): 3269 Breaking point (K): 5698 Appearance: substantial, hard dark metal Nuclear Radius (pm): 149 Nuclear Volume (cc/mol): 10.9 Covalent Radius (pm): 134 Ionic Radius: 68 (5e) Explicit Heat (20 °C J/g mol): 0.140 Combination Heat (kJ/mol): 24.7 Dissipation Heat (kJ/mol): 758 Debye Temperature (K): 225.00 Pauling Negativity Number: 1.5 First Ionizing Energy (kJ/mol): 760.1 Oxidation States: 5 Grid Structure: Body-Centered Cubic Grid Constant (Ã… ): 3.310 References: Los Alamos National Laboratory (2001), Crescent Chemical Company (2001), Langes Handbook of Chemistry (1952), CRC Handbook of Chemistry Physics (eighteenth Ed.) Come back to the Periodic Table