Ta
Tantalum (Atomic Number 73)
Category: transition | Period 6, Group 5 | Block: d
Extremely corrosion-resistant metal forming high-density capacitors.
Atomic & Physical Constants
- Standard Atomic Weight:
- 180.947882 u
- Standard State Phase:
- Solid
- Electron Configuration:
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 11, 2
- Electronegativity (Pauling):
- 1.5
- Melting Point:
- 3290 K
- Boiling Point:
- 5731 K
Historical Discovery & Real-World Applications
Industrial & Scientific Uses
Smartphone subminiature capacitors, surgical bone implants
Discovery History
Discovered by Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1801).
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