General Information
| Symbol: | Ta |
| Atomic Number: | 73 |
| Atomic Weight: (Atomic Mass, Molar Mass) | 180.94788 |
| Group: | 5 (vanadium family) |
| VA (Old IUPAC), VB (CAS) |
| Period: | 6 |
| Block: | d |
Physical Properties
| Density: | 16.6 g/cm3 |
| Atomic Volume: | 10.9 cm2/mole |
| Atomic Radius: | 1.49 angstroms |
| Covalent Radius: | pm |
| Radioactive: | No |
States
| Melting Point: | 2996.0 °C |
| Boiling Point: | 5425.0 °C |
| Heat Of Fusion: | 36.0 kJ/mole |
| Heat Of Vaporization: | 737.0 kJ/mole |
Energy
| Electronegativity: | 1.5 (Pauling Scale) |
| Electron Affinity: | -14 kJ/mol |
| 1st Ionization Energy: | 761 kJ/mol |
| Specific Heat Capacity: | 0.14 J g−1 K−1 |
| Thermal Conductivity: | 57.5 W·m−1·K−1 |
Electrons & Oxidation
| Oxidation States: | 5 |
| Electrons Per Shell: | 2 8 18 32 11 2 |
| Electron Configuration: | [Xe] 4f14 5d3 6s2 |
| 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s2 5p6 4f14 5d3 6s2 |
| 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s2 5p6 4f14 5d3 6s2 |
History
| Discovered In: | 1802 |
| Discovered By: | Anders Ekeberg |
| Discovered At: | Sweden |
| Word Origin: | From the Greek word "Tantalos" meaning "father of Niobe" |
Translations
| English | Tantalum |
| Deutsch | Tantal |
| Lëtzebuergesch | Tantal |
| Nederlands | Tantaal |
| Afrikaans | Tantaal |
| Frysk | Tantaal |
| Dansk | Tantal |
| Svenska | Tantal |
| Norsk | Tantal |
| Íslenska | Tantal |
| Føroysk | Tantal |
| Latin | Tantalum |
| Français | Tantale |
| Español | Tántalo |
| Catalana | Tàntal |
| Occitana | Tantal |
| Português | Tântalo |
| Galego | Tántalo |
| Italiano | Tantalio |
| Furlan | Tantali |
| Român | Tantal |
| Moldavian | Tantal |
| Armãneashte | Tantalu |
| Русский | Тантал |
| Українска | Тантал |
| by | Тантал |
| Polska | Tantal |
| Kaszëbsczi | Tantôl |
| Čech | Tantal |
| Slovenský | Tantal |
| Slovenščina | Tantal |
| Hrvatska | Tantal |
| Српски | Тантал |
| Bosnian | Tantal |
| Македонски | Тантал |
| Български | Тантал |
| Lietuviškai | Tantalas |
| Lao | Tantals |
| Sudovian | Tantalas |
| Cymraeg | Tantalwm |
| Gaeilge na hÉireann | Tantalam |
| Gàidhlig na h | Tantalam |
| Gaelg Vanninagh | Tantalum |
| Cornish | Tantalum |
| Brezhoneg | Tantal |
| Ελληνική | Τανταλιο |
| Shqip | Tantal |
| Ossetian | Тантал |
| Euskera | Tantalioa |
| Georgian | ტანტალი |
| Suomi | Tantaali |
| Eesti | Tantaal |
| Magyar | Tantál |
| Türkçe | Tantal |
| Kazakh | Тантал |
| Uzbek | Тантал |
| Tajik | Tantal |
| Mongolian | Тантал |
| 日本語 | タンタル [tantaru] |
| 中国话 | 鉭 |
| ไทย | แทนทาลัม |
| Vietnamese | Tantali, Tantan |
| Bahasa Melayu | Tantalum |
| العربيه | تنتالم |
| Il-Malti | Tantalum |
| עברית | טנטלום |
| Esperanto | Tantalo |
Links
Misspellings: rantalum, fantalum, gantalum, yantalum, 6antalum, 5antalum, tzntalum, tsntalum, twntalum, tqntalum, tabtalum, tamtalum, tajtalum, tahtalum, tanralum, tanfalum, tangalum, tanyalum, tan6alum, tan5alum, tantzlum, tantslum, tantwlum, tantqlum, tantakum, tantapum, tantaoum, tantalym, tantalhm, tantaljm, tantalim, tantal8m, tantal7m, tantalun, tantaluk, tantaluj, antalum, tntalum, tatalum, tanalum, tantlum, tantaum, tantalm, tantalu, atntalum, tnatalum, tatnalum, tanatlum, tantlaum, tantaulm, tantalmu, ttantalum, taantalum, tanntalum, tanttalum, tantaalum, tantallum, tantaluum, tantalumm
