Definitions for tantalum

tantalum tan·ta·lum

Spelling: [tan-tl-uh m]
IPA: /ˈtæn tl əm/

Tantalum is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in tantalum (aalmnttu).

Definitions for tantalum

noun

  1. a gray, hard, rare, metallic element occurring in columbite and tantalite and usually associated with niobium: used, because of its resistance to corrosion by most acids, for chemical, dental, and surgical instruments and apparatus. Symbol: Ta; atomic weight: 180.948; atomic number: 73; specific gravity: 16.6.

Origin of tantalum

1795-1805; New Latin; named after Tantalus

Examples for tantalum

The raw materials— tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold—were dubbed “conflict minerals.”

tantalum helps you send text messages, tin is the solder on every circuit board and gold is the little connecting piece.

The tantalum lamp had no opportunity to become established, because the tungsten lamp followed its appearance very closely.

The oxide of tantalum dissolves in the bead, but gives no colour.

Just to make sure of cleaning up the last infinitesimal traces, though, I'm going to flash a getter charge of tantalum in it.

tantalum is used to protect interconnects inside microprocessors.

If the first figure of the last pair was assumed to be a null, the word was the symbol for tantalum: "Ta."

A century elapsed after its discovery before von Bolton produced the first tantalum filament lamp.

In China, for example, tungsten, tantalum, tin and gold are mined and ore is imported from other countries.

Tungsten, tantalum, tin and gold are used to produce many common consumer electronics devices.

Word Value for tantalum
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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