Abstract

FERREIRA DE SOUSA, Raquel Maria; DA SILVA, Tatiana Aparecida Rosa; DO COUTO ALMEIDA, Janaina  and  GUERRA, Wendell. Tantalum: Brief history, properties and applications. Educ. quím [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.3, pp.343-346. ISSN 0187-893X.

Tantalum, a malleable metal, ductile, of high melting point, is mainly used to obtain special alloys, capacitors, and plates for skull fractures repairing, among other applications. Considering the importance of this element, in this article we describe its history, properties and applications.

Keywords : tantalum; discovery of tantalum; Anders Gustaf Ekeberg.

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