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Tantalum

Synonym(s):

Ta

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Ta
CAS Number:
7440-25-7
Molecular Weight:
180.95
MDL number:
MFCD00011252
UNSPSC Code:
12141741
PubChem Substance ID:
24878801
NACRES:
NA.23

vapor pressure

<0.01 mmHg ( 537.2 °C)

autoignition temp.

572 °F

resistivity

13.5 μΩ-cm, 20°C

bp

5425 °C (lit.)

mp

2996 °C (lit.)

density

16.69 g/cm3 (lit.)

SMILES string

[Ta]

InChI

1S/Ta

InChI key

GUVRBAGPIYLISA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Tantalum powder, a semiconducting material, is used as a photocatalyst and shows high efficiency in the solar splitting of water. Its biocompatibility makes it useful in the development of medical devices and implants.

Pictograms

Flame
GHS02

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H228

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Sol. 1

Storage Class Code

4.1B - Flammable solid hazardous materials

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Additively manufactured porous tantalum implants
Wauthle R, et al.
Acta Biomaterialia, 14(13), 217-225 (2015)
Tantalum-based semiconductors for solar water splitting
Zhang P, et al.
Chemical Society Reviews, 43(13), 4395-4422 (2014)
Tohru Tsuruoka et al.
Nanotechnology, 23(43), 435705-435705 (2012-10-13)
Quantized conductance was observed in a cation-migration-based resistive switching memory cell with a simple metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure using a thin Ta(2)O(5) layer. The observed conductance changes are attributed to the formation and dissolution of a metal filament with an atomic
Sining Yun et al.
ChemSusChem, 6(3), 411-416 (2013-01-31)
Ta-based compounds show Pt-like behavior: Binary tantalum compounds as counter electrodes (CEs) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) demonstrate Pt-like electrocatalytic activity and competitive photovoltaic performance, matching the performance of DSCs with Pt CEs. The first-principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations
In response.
Mariano Fernandez Fairen et al.
Spine, 38(4), 370-371 (2012-12-04)
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