tantalum
A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
A kind of
- metallic element
Related words
- ditantalum
- organotantalum
- radiotantalum
- tantaliferous
- tritantalum
- eka-tantalum
- tantalate
- tantalian
- tantalic
- tantalite
- tantalous
- tantalum carbide
Word history
From Latin "Tantalus".
Where this comes from
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