Tantalum

Tantalum
===1. Tantalum is named so because you can never mine Tantalum without it being with Niobium, and since they already knew of Niobium the looked for a name that would correlate with Niobium. Tantalum was decdied apon because it comes from the Greek mythylogical character Tantalus, who is the father of Niobe, who Niobium is named after, and thus the correlation. This element was discovered by Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802. === ===2. Tantalum's symbol is Ta simply as an abreviation. As shown in the picture to the right, its atomic number is 73, and its atomic mass is aproximately 180.95. ===

4. Tantalum is a metal mined from the ground.
===5. Tanatalum has a melting point at 3017 degrees celcius, and a boiling point at 5458 degrees celcius. Its density is 16.65 g/cm3, and the abundance of the element is is 1 ppm. === ===6. Uses for Tantalum are mainly in metal parts for nuclar ractors, chemical process equipment, aircraft, and sorts of metal parts. It has also found wide uses in surgical equipment. ===

- It has a melting point exceeded only by Tungsten and Rhenium.
- The current price for Tantalum is around 50$ per ounce.

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