Tantalum (Ta)

Tantalum Ta can be found in Columbite, and Tantalite. Tantalum is used for medical applications because it's biologically inert, is the latest material for capacitors in integrated circuits and is used to improve structural integrity in turbine blades. We have good sources for new and recovered tantalum which we supply as ingots or scrap.

Form

We can provide Tantalum in the following forms:

• Powder: for use in capacitors and electronic circuits
• Sheets, Rods, Plates & Wire: used for high temperature furnace parts, high temperature alloys for aerospace, prosthetic devices, chemical process equipment
• Scrap: for smelting

Applications

Tantalum has a wide range of specific applications. Its principal characteristics including high melting point, strength, flexibility, corrosion resistance and thermal conductivity make it useful in the following areas:

• Aerospace: alloy in turbine blades
• Electronics: electrolytic capacitors
• Medical: used in surgical applications due to its inert nature
• Nuclear: reactor mechanisms