Tantalum Definition

tăntə-ləm
noun
A hard, gray, ductile, corrosion-resistant, metallic chemical element found in various minerals and used in making nuclear reactors, chemical equipment, missiles, electronic components, etc.: symbol, Ta; at. no. 73
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 73
  • ta

Origin of Tantalum

  • A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin tantalus, named in honor of Tantalus. See -ium.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin from Latin Tantalus Tantalus (from its high resistance to absorbing acids even when immersed in them) Tantalus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tantalum Sentence Examples

  • Chemically related to vanadium are the two elements tantalum and columbium or niobium.

  • Tantalum has in recent years been turned to economic service, being employed, in the same manner as tungsten, for the production of the filaments employed in incandescent electric lighting.

  • It is usually found associated with tantalum, the chief minerals containing these two elements being tantalite, columbite, fergusonite and yttrotantalite; it is also a constituent of pyrochlor, euxenite and samarskite.

  • Of minerals containing this element mention may be made of cassiterite or tinstone, Sn02, tin pyrites, Cu 4 SnS 4 + (Fe,Zn) 2 SnS 4; the metal also occurs in some epidotes, and in company with columbium, tantalum and other metals.

  • Ekeberg discovered an element, tantalum, in some Swedish yttrium minerals.

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Words Starting With

TTATAN

Words Ending With

MUMLUM

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With T8 Letter Words Ending With M