tantalum

English

Chemical element (edit)
Ta Atomic number 73 tantalum
Classification data Period 6 Group 5 Block d-block Class transition metal
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English Wikipedia article on Tantalum

Alternative forms

• tantalium (obsolete)

Etymology

A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin Tantalus, named after Tantalus, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăn'tələm, IPA^(key): /ˈtæntələm/

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Noun

tantalum (countable and uncountable, plural tantalums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.

Derived terms

• ditantalum
• eka-tantalum
• organotantalum
• radiotantalum
• tantalate
• tantalian
• tantalic
• tantaliferous
• tantalite
• tantalous
• tantalum carbide
• tantalum dioxide
• tantalum lamp
• tantalum oxide
• tantalum pentachloride
• tantalum pentoxide
• tanteuxenite
• tritantalum

Related terms

• coltan
• Tantalean
• Tantalic
• tantalise, tantalize
• Tantalus

Translations

element

• Afrikaans: tantaal (af)
• Albanian: tantal
• Arabic: تَنْتَلُوم m (tantalūm), طَنْطَلُوم m (ṭanṭalūm)
• Armenian: տանտալ (hy) (tantal)
• Asturian: tántalu m
• Basque: tantalioa
• Belarusian: танта́л m (tantál)
• Breton: tantal
• Bulgarian: танта́л m (tantál)
• Catalan: tàntal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉭 / 钽 (zh) (tǎn)

• Cornish: tantalum
• Czech: tantal (cs)
• Danish: tantal (da)
• Dutch: tantaal (nl) n, tantalium (nl) n
• Esperanto: tantalo (eo)
• Estonian: tantaal (et)
• Faroese: tantal
• Finnish: tantaali (fi)
• French: tantale (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: tantaal

• Friulian: tantali
• Galician: tántalo (gl) m
• Georgian: ტანტალი (ṭanṭali)
• German: Tantal (de) n
• Greek: ταντάλιο (el) n (tantálio)
• Hebrew: טנטלום (he) (tantálum)
• Hindi: सहातु (sahātu)
• Hungarian: tantál (hu)
• Icelandic: tantal (is)
• Irish: tantalam
• Italian: tantalio (it) m
• Japanese: タンタル (ja) (tantaru)
• Kashubian: tantôl
• Kazakh: тантал (tantal)
• Khmer: តង់តាល (tɑngtaal)
• Korean: 탄탈 (ko) (tantal), 탄탈룸 (tantallum), 탄탈럼 (tantalleom)
• Latin: tantalium
• Latvian: tantals
• Lithuanian: tantalas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Tantal
• Macedonian: танта́л m (tantál)
• Malay: tantalum
• Maltese: tantalju
• Manx: tantalum
• Mongolian: тантал (tantal)
• Norwegian: tantal
• Occitan: tantal m
• Polish: tantal (pl) m
• Portuguese: tântalo (pt) m
• Romanian: tantal (ro) n
• Russian: танта́л (ru) m (tantál)
• Scottish Gaelic: tantalam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тантал m

  Latin: tantal (sh) m

• Slovak: tantal (sk) m
• Slovene: tantal (sl)
• Spanish: tántalo (es) m
• Swedish: tantal (sv) c
• Tajik: тантал (tantal)
• Tamil: தந்தாலம் (tantālam)
• Thai: แทนทาลัม (tɛɛn-taa-lâm)
• Turkish: tantal (tr)
• Ukrainian: танта́л m (tantál)
• Uzbek: tantal (uz), тантал (uz) (tantal)
• Vietnamese: tantali, tantan
• Volapük: tantalin (vo)
• Welsh: tantalwm (cy)

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Tantalum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “tantalum”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

Danish

Noun

tantalum

1. (now rare) alternative form of tantal
   • 1870, Mathilde Ørsted, Breve fra og til Hans Christian Ørsted, page 37:

     ... og et nyt Metal, som skal kaldes Tantalum.

     ... and a new metal, which is to be called tantalum.

   • 1975, Tandlægebladet:

     ... individer med tantalum implantater^[sic] i kæberne ...

     ... individuals with tantalum implants in their jaws ...

   • 2002, Taenk + Test:

     Det indeholder grundstoffet tantalum, ...

     It contains the element tantalum, ...

   • 1961, Tidsskrift for sygeplejersker:

     ... bomuld, hør, hamp, syntetiske fibre, rustfrit stål og tantalum, ...

     ... cotton, flax, hemp, synthetic fibers, stainless steel and tantalum, ...

   • 1914, Gads danske magasin:

     Paa dette Omraade har man dog fundet et Erstatningsmiddel i Tantalum, ...

     In this area, a substitute has been found in tantalum, ...

   • 1963, Aarhus universitet, Aarsberetning:

     ... ved behandling […] af cancer vesicae (med radioaktivt tantalum).

     ... by treatment […] of cancer vesicae (using radioactive tantalum).

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Ta Atomic number 73 tantalum
Classification data Period 6 Group 5 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← hafnium (Hf)
Next: wolframium (W) →
Latin Wikipedia article on Tantalum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtan.ta.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtan.ta.lum]

Noun

tantalum n (genitive tantalī); second declension

1. tantalum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tantalum	tantala
genitive	tantalī	tantalōrum
dative	tantalō	tantalīs
accusative	tantalum	tantala
ablative	tantalō	tantalīs
vocative	tantalum	tantala

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑ˧nˈʃaː˨lɔ˧m]

Noun

tantalum n

1. (uncountable) tantalum
2. A part of tantalum

Malay

Chemical element (edit)
Ta Atomic number 73 tantalum
Classification data Period 6 Group 5 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← hafnium (Hf)
Next: tungsten, wolfram (W) →

Etymology

From English tantalum, from Latin Tantalus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tantalom], [tantaləm], [tɛntələm]
• Rhymes: -alom, -lom, -om

Noun

tantalum

1. tantalum