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545007

Tantalum

powder, 99.99% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Ta

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Ta
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
180.95
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12141741
MDL number:
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InChI

1S/Ta

SMILES string

[Ta]

InChI key

GUVRBAGPIYLISA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

vapor pressure

<0.01 mmHg ( 537.2 °C)

assay

99.99% trace metals basis

form

powder

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.)

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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

signalword

Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Sol. 1

Storage Class

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)
In response.
Mariano Fernandez Fairen et al.
Spine, 38(4), 370-371 (2012-12-04)
Gaurav Jindal et al.
Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 45(6), 1423-1449 (2012-11-17)
A review of the current clinical applications of a variety of percutaneous and endovascular interventional procedures of the extracranial head and neck is presented. After a description of general principles and embolic agents for interventional procedures, management of specific disorders
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

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