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jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

General

Name : Tantalum.
Symbol : Ta
Atomic Number : 73
Discovered : 1802



jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson






jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

States

State : Solid
Melting Point : 3,269.2 K
Boiling point : 5,807
Heat of Fusion : 31.60 kJ
Heat of Vaporization : 743.0 kJ










jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

Tantalum is an extremely hard metal that can withstand corrosion very well.




jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

Tantalum oxide is used in camera lenses.




jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

Tantalum was discovered in 1802 by Anders Gustaf Ekeberg. . .


jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

. . . But many chemists thought niobium and tantalum were identical elements until. . .



jessicaTANTALUM - Chemistry with Mr. Olson

. . .Rose, in 1844, and Marignac, in 1866 showed that niobic and tantalic acids were two different acids.




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