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Tantalum Slug

Description:

Tantalum is malleable and can be drawn into thin filaments to make thin foils. Its coefficient of thermal expansion is very small. It expands by only 6.6 parts per million per degree Celsius. In addition, its toughness is very strong, even better than copper.
Technical Parameter

  Material Name

  Tantalum

  Molecular Formula

  Ta

  CAS.No

  7440-25-7

  Molecular Weight

  180.948

  Density

  16.6 g/cm3

  Fusing Point

  2996 ℃

  Boiling Point

  5425 ℃

  Solubility (water)

  Soluble in hydrofluoric acid. It is strongly dissolved in nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid.

Product Application
Tantalum particles are used to make capacitors. Tantalum particles are mainly used as coating and alloy material additives.