73
Ta
180.947882Tantalum
Appearancegray blue
Categorytransition metal
Discovered byAnders Gustaf Ekeberg
Named byN/A
What element is Ta on the periodic table?Ta is the element Tantalum on the periodic table.
What is the symbol for Tantalum on the periodic table?The symbol for Tantalum on the periodic table is Ta.
What does Tantalum look like?To the human eye, Tantalum is gray blue.
About TantalumTantalum is a chemical element; it has symbol Ta and atomic number 73. It is named after Tantalus, a figure in Greek mythology. Tantalum is a very hard, ductile, lustrous, blue-gray transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant. It is part of the refractory metals group, which are widely used as components of strong high-melting-point alloys. It is a group 5 element, along with vanadium and niobium, and it always occurs in geologic sources together with the chemically similar niobium, mainly in the mineral groups tantalite and columbite (coltan).Source: Wikipedia